Quotes from work
The Shockwave Rider

The Shockwave Rider is a science fiction novel by John Brunner, originally published in 1975. It is notable for its hero's use of computer hacking skills to escape pursuit in a dystopian future, and for the coining of the word "worm" to describe a program that propagates itself through a computer network. It also introduces the concept of a Delphi pool, perhaps derived from the RAND Corporation's Delphi method – a futures market on world events which bears close resemblance to DARPA's controversial and cancelled Policy Analysis Market.

“There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better.”

John Brunner The Shockwave Rider

Source: The Shockwave Rider

“I'm myself, not a label.”

John Brunner The Shockwave Rider

Source: The Shockwave Rider

“One might as well claim that the tide which rubs pebbles smooth on a beach is doing the pebbles a service because being round is prettier than being jagged. It's of no concern to a pebble what shape it is. But it's very important to a person.”

John Brunner The Shockwave Rider

Bk. 2, Ch. "Let's All Be Different Same As Me"
The Shockwave Rider (1975)

“It's not because my mind is made up that I don't want you to confuse me with any more facts. It's because my mind isn't made up. I already have more facts than I can cope with.”

John Brunner The Shockwave Rider

Bk. 1, Ch. "Paradox, Next Stop After the Boondocks
The Shockwave Rider (1975)

“If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.”

John Brunner The Shockwave Rider

Bk. 3, Ch. "Like They Say, It's Bounce Or Break"
The Shockwave Rider (1975)

“"But I was never put on trial, never convicted!"
"You are not entitled to a trial."
"Anybody's entitled to a trial, damn you!"
"That is absolutely true. But you see you are not anybody. You are nobody.”

John Brunner The Shockwave Rider

Bk. 1, Ch. "The Conviction of His Courage"  (His record having been erased from government computers.)
The Shockwave Rider (1975)

“First we had the legs race. Then we had the arms race. Now we're going to have the brain race. And, if we're lucky, the final stage will be the human race.”

John Brunner The Shockwave Rider

Bk. 1, Ch. "The Number You Have Reached"
The Shockwave Rider (1975)

“The theory was and always had been: this is the thing the solid citizen has no need to worry about. Important, later all-important question: what about the hollow citizen?”

John Brunner The Shockwave Rider

Bk. 2, Ch. "In the Beginning Was the Herd"
The Shockwave Rider (1975)