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.
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An Amazing Little Brother:
Have you ever had the experience of remembering why you enjoyed something? Like reading? Where you sit back and get involved in the book? The characters? The action? And suddenly you find yourself fifty pages from where you started, and a couple of hours have mysteriously disappeared in what feels like a few minutes? Little Brother by Cory Doctrow brought back that original feeling to me. Little Brother takes place in a post 9/11 future that may be just a tomorrow away. Little Brother is about Marcus... more info
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 one of... more info
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... more info
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... more info
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