Little brother

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Cory Doctorow: Little brother (French language, 2012, Pocket jeunesse)

442 pages

French language

Published July 10, 2012 by Pocket jeunesse.

ISBN:
978-2-266-18729-9
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OCLC Number:
855211433

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Interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a terrorist attack on San Francisco, 17-year-old Marcus is released into what is now a police state and decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.

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I 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 propaganda mixed in with the dystopian tale. Most of that was old hat for me. I would want one of my non-technical friends to read it and let me know wether that stuff was informative or boring or something else. returnreturnPlot wise a group of teenage LARPers get stuck in a terrorist attack and then DHS takes then into custody. It was dirty and scary. The story mixed in adventure, freedom, and high school romance. If that sounds good go for it.

Subjects

  • Civil rights
  • Fiction
  • United States
  • Computer crimes
  • Terrorism
  • United States. Department of Homeland Security

Places

  • San Francisco (Calif.)