Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in Los Angeles. He is a Fellow for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Review: “Homeland (Little Brother #2)” by Cory Doctorow ( 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.I’m Cory Doctorow, and This Is How I Work ().Today is the letter L (as in Little Brother). Each day should match a letter of the alphabet. Descriptions of torture.Īttack of the Books! is participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, a month long quest to post every day. Sex: At one point, it is referenced, but no description is given.Parent’s guide: This book was marketed to young adults, but would be just as well read by older groups. The sequel to Little Brother is Homeland and came out Febru(and yes, I’m currently enjoying it).

It’s a fascinating story, for geeks and nongeeks, and the message is still fresh today: how much privacy should we expect, and to what extent are we willing to give up privacy and freedom for security? As an added bonus, Doctorow explains in an addendum where he gets his technical material and what resources a reader could use to replicate what he describes in the book. Released, they fight back, using hacks and technical resources I didn’t know existed, but that Doctorow clearly explains and uses. They are caught up in the aftermath of a massive terrorist attack that kills thousands, literally caught at the wrong place at the wrong time, and end up in a secret prison as suspects.Īlso, did I mention that they happen to be more technically inclined than the average student? One part thriller and two parts geek, Little Brother opens on a group of high school kids who play hooky from school to participate in a treasure hunt. Although published five years back when the politics of the Bush Administration and the post-9/11 expansion of government surveillance were still fresh in our minds, I found the novel fresh and relevant.

Few novels I have read recently have made me stop and think, reexamine my world, quite the same way that Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother does.

Little brother by cory doctorow