![]() paperback is out: And a once-in-a-lifetime deal on the Little Brother audiobooks. ![]() They set up a secret prison on Treasure Island to torture and interrogate suspects and undesirables. Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow was one of the best books Ive read this year Marcus know his way out of any situation until he is caught in the middle of. This paper is an attempt to identify the poor ethics of privacy at work in the book, and offer some alternatives that might produce a more fruitful conversation when exploring this subject. After an attack blows up San Francisco's Bay Bridge, the Department of Homeland Security clamps down tight, tracking the citizenry with RFID tags, gait recognition scanners and advanced data modeling software. Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother is more than just a sci-fi story about computer hackers. The story is set in the near future, with an unnamed (but Dubya-like) president enjoying his third term and cruising toward a fourth by keeping the population afraid of terrorism. ![]() Nevertheless, a few months after the release I ended up buying the book and reading it. Did people pretend to like the book because they liked Cory Doctorow or because it had gotten rave reviews? Nope, wasn't gonna happen. Second, I was unable to contact Tor Teen's marketing people to secure a comp copy. First of all, it's shelved under "young adult" - not an appealing category for me. The fates seemed to decree that I wouldn't review Little Brother. ![]()
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