- John Brunner, "The Shockwave Rider," and, my favorite, "Stand on Zanzibar." Required reading. As Shalmaneser would put it, "Christ, what an imagination he had." ... Anyone else notice similarites between the protagonist in "The Shockwave Rider" and "The Pretender" the new Television series. They both even have sympathetic pursuers. Any wagers on how long it will take the pretender to turn his old handler? BTW, Tim, I don't mean to offend you by adding noise to the front, but this

At 12:14 AM 11/21/96 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote: ... post is a little off topic, mine not yours. I seem to have offended someone else by doing something similar.