Sci-Fi readers, need your help...

SamuraiProgrammer · #1 December 14th, 2003, 04:45 PM

Good work guys!

How about this...

A novel by John Brunner about a talaented computer programmer gone anti-establishment. I read part of it as a teen & have never been able to remember the title or recognize the book when looking at John Brunner titles.

Thanks In Advance

Cipher7071 · #2 December 14th, 2003, 05:13 PM

That's not much to go on Samurai, but you may be thinking of "Stand on Zanzibar."

CNCRaymond · #3 December 14th, 2003, 05:24 PM

As a kid I once read a short story about a robot who's human had a heart attack and it used a screw driver behind the ear to shut down the human then dissassembled it, repaired the damage and then reassembled it. But when it attempted to turn on the human, it did not function.

I think it might have been in one of those Azimov sci-fi book things.

Geckomlis · #4 December 14th, 2003, 08:10 PM

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Originally posted by SamuraiProgrammer:
Good work guys!

How about this...

A novel by John Brunner about a talaented computer programmer gone anti-establishment. I read part of it as a teen & have never been able to remember the title or recognize the book when looking at John Brunner titles.

Thanks In Advance

The novel you are looking for is Shockwave Rider. It has been out of print for a long time (1976?). Many credit it as a precursor to cyberpunk.

SamuraiProgrammer · #5 December 15th, 2003, 12:04 AM

Thanks Geckomlis,

I will try to track it down.

I got a copy of stand on zanzibar recently and could not 'get into it'. I don't think that is what I am looking for. But thanks anyway. I will check to be sure.

Geckomlis · #6 December 15th, 2003, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SamuraiProgrammer:
Thanks Geckomlis,

I will try to track it down.

I got a copy of stand on zanzibar recently and could not 'get into it'. I don't think that is what I am looking for. But thanks anyway. I will check to be sure.

Happy to help. Try your local public library first. Even if they do not have it, they can get it via inter-library loan.

Deathstalker · #7 December 15th, 2003, 03:03 AM

If your looking for some great time travel stories look for Weber/Flints 1632/1633 or Stirlings 'Island' books where Americans go back in time to fight the Trojan war with flintlocks etc (great stuff!!).