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Loading... Little Brotherby Cory Doctorow
  
Best Dystopias (30) Top Five Books of 2013 (157) » 18 more Books Read in 2017 (236) Books Read in 2016 (822) Libertarian Books (25) Books Read in 2015 (1,198) Top Cyberpunk (23) Biggest Disappointments (101) Unshelved Book Clubs (38) Well, now I understand RSA encryption.  ibazel | Aug 7, 2020 |  Didactic for sure, but in a way I pretty much love. (  ) manybrambles | Jul 10, 2020 | This book was awesome! (  ) mitchtroutman | Jun 14, 2020 | A teenager takes on the Department of Homeland Security. While it's technically a teen book, it has lots of appeal for libertarian geeks of any age. ( ) GaryMcGath | Jun 7, 2020 | So this is a pretty interesting book, but it's one of those "political argument in novel form" books that I always hold to a higher standard. The annoying thing about this book is that Marcus never actually does anything productive. Everything he does is defensive, which is valid to a certain extent, but you're never going to change the world by adamantly insisting it stay as it is. Throughout most of the book, he had no strategy to end the DHS's reign of terror. He just had strategies to hold them back for a while, and then they'd crack his defenses, and push him back. This, relentlessly. His "victory" at the end was far too neat and tidy. And the "moral of the story" that people should just get out and vote? Barf. The leaks over the last couple of months have proved that the Democrats are just as bad as the Republicans on this front. What is voting going to do?! Nothing, absent a huge struggle that seriously affects the economy. As a novel it was a good read, though. And I can't fault it on actually understanding modern technology, which sets out apart from many other novels! So I mean, it was alright (especially since you can get it for free), but not really, REALLY good. (  ) Jayeless | May 27, 2020 |
 Little Brother represents a great step forward in the burgeoning subgenre of dystopian young-adult SF. It brings a greater degree of political sophistication, geekiness and civil disobedience to a genre that was already serving up a milder dose of rebellion. After this, no YA novel will be able to get away with watering down its youthful revolution. MY favorite thing about “Little Brother” is that every page is charged with an authentic sense of the personal and ethical need for a better relationship to information technology, a visceral sense that one’s continued dignity and independence depend on it: “My technology was working for me, serving me, protecting me. It wasn’t spying on me. This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy.” I can’t help being on this book’s side, even in its clunkiest moments. It’s a neat story and a cogently written, passionately felt argument. Was inspired by
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