Little Brother
by: Cory Doctorow
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Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems.
But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they’re mercilessly interrogated for days.
When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself.
But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they’re mercilessly interrogated for days.
When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself.
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- Highly recommend
The book Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, is a very well written book. Basically Marcus the main character is a very technological person aka a nerd. His and his close group of friends are into this game where you go around town looking for clues based on clues found. They are in downtown Sanfransisco when terrorists blow up a nearby bridge which kills thousands. After the attack they try to get out of the downtown area, but are taken by the government as "persons of interest". While being questioned ... Read More
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- TANTUM ERGO SACRAMENTO
How much you are likely to enjoy this book is going to depend on your political opinions, I should say. It is partly a story, partly a handbook of the internet featuring innovations that are not just up to the minute but sometimes well beyond, but above all it is a political tract. In the red revolutionary corner there are the votaries of free expression and confidentiality, in the blue conservative corner there are the forces wedded to the notion that no security can ever be tight enough. How much compromise ... Read More
Rating: - an importand idea book
Little brother is an important book.I hope that people, especially young people, give it a read. The story in and of itself is OK, but the point is that this is not abstract fiction.It's a political book.It's a technical book.It's a techno-political book.There is so much stuff these day's that's tempting to overlook: inconvenient truth about our governments, the complicated and confusing technology that has more and more role in the day to day.However, there comes a point at which ignorance becomes ... Read More
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- Heart in the right place; not so sure about the head!
Cory Doctorow's declared aim in writing "Little Brother" is "to arm [a new] generation [of youngsters] with the cognitive and technical tools to resist encroachment on their privacy and reclaim the personal liberty that is theirs by birthright". A noble aim indeed. Sadly, I am not convinced that he goes very far towards achieving it.
The story starts well enough but for me felt to come off the rails quite quickly, particularly in portraying "the system" (against which the book's teenage hero is pitted) ... Read More
Rating: - BITE BITE BITE BITE BITE
This book was all kinds of awesome... and for so many reasons.The basic premise is that Marcus and his friends ditch school and head to downtown San Francisco to play an alternate reality game.In the midst of the game, terrorists attack the city, and Marcus and friends are picked up by the Department of Homeland Security as suspects.After being interrogated and tortured, the teens are released, and Marcus decides to take on the DHS.
This story pays homage to one of my favorite books, 1984.What makes ... Read More
- Highly recommendThe book Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, is a very well written book. Basically Marcus the main character is a very technological person aka a nerd. His and his close group of friends are into this game where you go around town looking for clues based on clues found. They are in downtown Sanfransisco when terrorists blow up a nearby bridge which kills thousands. After the attack they try to get out of the downtown area, but are taken by the government as "persons of interest". While being questioned ... Read More
- TANTUM ERGO SACRAMENTOHow much you are likely to enjoy this book is going to depend on your political opinions, I should say. It is partly a story, partly a handbook of the internet featuring innovations that are not just up to the minute but sometimes well beyond, but above all it is a political tract. In the red revolutionary corner there are the votaries of free expression and confidentiality, in the blue conservative corner there are the forces wedded to the notion that no security can ever be tight enough. How much compromise ... Read More
- an importand idea bookLittle brother is an important book.I hope that people, especially young people, give it a read. The story in and of itself is OK, but the point is that this is not abstract fiction.It's a political book.It's a technical book.It's a techno-political book.There is so much stuff these day's that's tempting to overlook: inconvenient truth about our governments, the complicated and confusing technology that has more and more role in the day to day.However, there comes a point at which ignorance becomes ... Read More
- Heart in the right place; not so sure about the head! Cory Doctorow's declared aim in writing "Little Brother" is "to arm [a new] generation [of youngsters] with the cognitive and technical tools to resist encroachment on their privacy and reclaim the personal liberty that is theirs by birthright". A noble aim indeed. Sadly, I am not convinced that he goes very far towards achieving it.
The story starts well enough but for me felt to come off the rails quite quickly, particularly in portraying "the system" (against which the book's teenage hero is pitted) ... Read More
- BITE BITE BITE BITE BITEThis book was all kinds of awesome... and for so many reasons.The basic premise is that Marcus and his friends ditch school and head to downtown San Francisco to play an alternate reality game.In the midst of the game, terrorists attack the city, and Marcus and friends are picked up by the Department of Homeland Security as suspects.After being interrogated and tortured, the teens are released, and Marcus decides to take on the DHS.
This story pays homage to one of my favorite books, 1984.What makes ... Read More
