Radicalized Pdf Summary
Here are four urgent stories from author and activist Cory Doctorow, four social, technological and economic visions of the world today and its near—all too near—future.
Unauthorized Bread is a tale of immigration, toxic economic stratification and a young woman’s perilously illegal quest to fix a broken toaster.
In Model Minority a superhero finds himself way out his depth when he confronts the corruption of the police and justice system.
Radicalized is the story of a desperate husband, a darknet forum and the birth of a violent uprising against the US health care system.
The final story, The Masque of the Red Death, tracks an uber-wealthy survivalist and his followers as they hole up and attempt to ride out the collapse of society.
Here are four urgent stories from author and activist Cory Doctorow, four social, technological and economic visions of the world today and its near—all too near—future.
Unauthorized Bread is a tale of immigration, toxic economic stratification and a young woman’s perilously illegal quest to fix a broken toaster.
In Model Minority a superhero finds himself way out his depth when he confronts the corruption of the police and justice system.
Radicalized is the story of a desperate husband, a darknet forum and the birth of a violent uprising against the US health care system.
The final story, The Masque of the Red Death, tracks an uber-wealthy survivalist and his followers as they hole up and attempt to ride out the collapse of society.
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Radicalized Review
5.0 out of 5 stars Dark. Engaging. Haunting.
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2019
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I’ve been a fan of Mr. Doctorow’s stories for some years now, and he once again hits it out of the park with this collection of four short stories. Readers of his will recognize many similar themes to his earlier works- many echoes of his “little brother” books, his most recent “walkaway” story, and of course the idea of people using the connectivity of the web that seems to permeate almost every if not all his works.
All four stories had a impact on me, and it will take some time for me to really digest them. I do feel that, with the possible/sorta exception of the first story, none of them have the optimism-in-the-face-of-near insurmountable odds kinda thread his stories usually have, and that’s quite alright. Kinda refreshing in a twisted way.
The first story is a world of corporate IP gone wild, vs. those evil jailbreakers. Infuriating and lovely.
The superhero story is a delight- and I like that it was a honest look at a serious issue but there was no easy solution, even for a Superman.
The third story is a thoughtful treatise on “does violence solve anything”. Answer may surprise, and disturb you. Especially if you(like all civilized people IMO) ahbor it.
I very much liked the final story as well. A guilty pleasure of mine is reading(usually self-published and poorly written) teotwawki stories, and it always struck me as kind of funny how preppers seem to think hiding away from the world would work out for them, as they could emerge from their hidey-holes and be the new lords of creation- basically sell high, buy low. The protagonist (a hedge-fund trader, of course) finds out that’s maybe not the best plan….
4.0 out of 5 stars Good and scary
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2020
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The near-future science fiction in this book is scarier than most horror stories, because of how easy it is to see how these events could come to pass (well, except for the immortal superhero story). But, reading these I was also put in mind of Stephen King’s novella collections. In fact, I’d advertise this as The Bachman Books for a new generation.
About Cory Doctorow Author Of Radicalized pdf Book
Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger — the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of the YA graphic novel In Real Life, the nonfiction business book Information Doesn’t Want To Be Free, and young adult novels like Homeland, Pirate Cinema, and Little Brother and novels for adults like Rapture Of The Nerds and Makers. He is a Fellow for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in Los Angeles
Radicalized pdf, Paperback, Hardcover Book Information
- Publisher : Head of Zeus (March 19, 2019)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 304 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1789541093
- ISBN-13 : 978-1789541090
- Item Weight : 1.08 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.25 x 0.94 x 6.18 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #5,386,506 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #20,025 in Dystopian Fiction
- #749,126 in Genre Literature & Fiction
- Customer Reviews: 4.6 out of 5 stars 473 ratings
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