Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is “young adult fiction” which I read on my iPod (in bed, under the covers!).
A rebellious young kid in San Francisco is indiscriminately swept up and badly mistreated by Homeland Security after a major terrorist attack, and then witnesses increasing government control and surveillance, and the “disappearing” of dissenters. He decides to help take back America by using his hacking skills to organize a campaign of civil disobedience. One teen (and his friends) against the DHS.
The premise is all too believable and should be a cautionary tale about the direction the US is headed in. The writing, in common with much sci-fi, tends to be rather didactic, with over-long descriptions of the hacking techniques used, but on the whole Little Brother is a gripping story — one I’ll be recommending to many young adults.
This and other Cory Doctorow books are available free on http://craphound.com/.
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Published: Aug 22 2008
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