· The Ninth Wave, published in , follows a political campaign complete with then cutting-edge innovations of opinion polling, computers and the use of campaign bltadwin.rus: The Ninth Wave by Eugene Burdick. Houghton Mifflin (), pp. The Ninth Wave is probably the most famous of the small group of novels about California politics. It follows the life of Mike Freesmith as he moves from teenage surfer to political power monger. Mike never lacks for companionship, but he has only one real friend, Hank Moore. · The Ninth Wave, published in by late Berkeley Political Science Professor Eugene Burdick was, according to the cover blurb of my old paperback, a best seller, but I’ve never met a single soul, besides the friend who gave me the book, who has ever read it.
The Ninth Wave, published in by late Berkeley Political Science Professor Eugene Burdick was, according to the cover blurb of my old paperback, a best seller, but I've never met a single soul, besides the friend who gave me the book, who has ever read it. In The Ninth Wave, Eugene Burdick has written the scrip for modern day politics: decide what people want to hear and tell them; then give them something to fear, and to hate -- and whip them back and forth with hate and fear until they follow you. He foresaw the use of polls and computers as apparatus of control, and how easy it is to get the. The story not only earned Eugene Burdick a nod from the O. Henry Award but it paved the way for the author's publishing career. By , Eugene had published 'The Ninth Wave', his first novel which proved to his readers that 'Rest Camp on Maui' was far from a fluke and that they could look forward to so many more intriguing and.
The Ninth Wave, published in by late Berkeley Political Science Professor Eugene Burdick was, according to the cover blurb of my old paperback, a best seller, but I’ve never met a single soul, besides the friend who gave me the book, who has ever read it. EXCERPT FROM “THE NINTH WAVE,” BY EUGENE BURDICK. 10/06/ Iowa-born Eugene Burdick () was an Oxford-educated Rhodes scholar teaching political theory at UC Berkeley in when The Ninth Wave, his noir-tinged first novel, was published. Burdick’s other fiction and nonfiction books include The Ugly American, a best-seller from , and ’s Cold War thriller Fail-Safe; both were made into movies. Eugene Leonard Burdick (Decem – J) was an American political scientist, novelist, and non-fiction writer, co-author of The Ugly American (), Fail-Safe (), and author of The ().
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