Little BrotherMarcus, 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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User Review - fulner - LibraryThingI liked this book a lot, but I am not sure how good it is, if that makes much sense. There is a lot of explaining about how free software and cryptography works intertangled with techno-libertarian ... Read full review
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User Review - Jayeless - LibraryThingSo 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 ... Read full review
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| Title | Little Brother Volume 30142 of Project Gutenberg |
| Author | Cory Doctorow |
| Publisher | Perfection Learning Corporation, 2010 |
| ISBN | 160686744X, 9781606867440 |
| Length | 429 pages |
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