He was the most dangerous fugitive alive, but he didn t exist!
Nickie Haflinger had lived a score of lifetimes . . . but technically he didn t exist. He was a fugitive from Tarnover, the high-powered government think tank that had educated him. First he had broken his identity code then he escaped.
Now he had to find a way to restore sanity and personal freedom to the computerized masses and to save a world tottering on the brink of disaster. He didn t care how he did it but the government did. That s when his Tarnover teachers got him back in their labs . . . and Nickie Haflinger was set up for a whole new education."
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Seller: Toscana Books, AUSTIN, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks. Seller Inventory # Scanned0060105593
Seller: Twilight of Humanity, London, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. The Shockwave Ride (1975) by John Brunner. Published by Harper & Row. First Edition. First Print. Book is in Near Fine condition with mild shelf wear, mild toning to cover, and mild spotting to text block (top). Seller Inventory # ABE-1742830121795
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Creston Ely (illustrator). First edition. Considered by Bruce Bethke, among others, to be the first cyberpunk novel eight years before the term was popularized by Dozois. It depicts a world immersed in e-communication, topped up with surveillance and control of people and societies through information and data. Dust-jacket art by Creston Ely. Slight darkening to the edges, fine otherwise, protected in Brodart. First edition. 6" - 8½". book. Seller Inventory # 277290
Seller: AwardWinningBooks, Spring Branch, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fine/VG, jacket in mylar, 1st printing, front panel of jacket right edge looks like was used as bookmark so its a bit off/creased. Seller Inventory # ABE-1757603917653
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. "In a highly computerized twenty-first century one man rebels against the ubiquitous electronic regimentation. He manages to use the computers to undermine the system. A satisfying tale of human ingenuity set against a well-realized background, though the narrative is at times jargon-laden and stodgy. The last of Brunner's cycle of large dystopian novels which began with STAND ON ZANZIBAR (1968)." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 326. "Anticipated trendy 'cyberpunk' by nearly a decade, and trendier real-world virus programs by longer still." - David Langford. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-174. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 365. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1922-25. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A stunning copy; hard to find in this condition. (#169488). Seller Inventory # 169488
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition hardcover signed to the title page by Brunner. Spine ends softened, hint of edgewear to bottom boards, pencilled prices to ffep else fine condition. The DJ spine is a bit sunned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 51694