Little Brother

, #1

eBook, 416 pages

English language

Published April 13, 2010 by Tor Teen.

ISBN:
978-1-4299-7287-1
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OCLC Number:
852795685

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4 stars (17 reviews)

Seventeen year old Marcus and his friends are in the wrong place at the wrong time during a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. They are held by the Department of Homeland Security for days before being released, only to discover that their city has turned into a surveillance society police state. They decide to resist in the only way they know how: by taking down the DHS.

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Inspira rakonto por adoleskantoj

4 stars

Mi legis la originalon de ĉi tiu libro en la angla sed tio estis antaŭ sufiĉe da jaroj ke mi ne tute memoris la rakonton do mi ĝojis havi kialon por relegi ĝin. La rakonto estas interesa, sed ĝi kelkfoje ŝajnas pli kiel gvidlibro por inspiri al ribelado ol vera rakonto. La rakontisto tre ofte devojiĝas por instrui pri iu interesa teknikaĵo aŭ historiaĵo. Tio kelkfoje rompas la fadenon de la rakonto kaj oni bone sentas ke la vortoj venas de la plenkreska aŭtoro anstataŭ la rolulo de la adoleskanta rakontanto. Mi supozas ke mi eĉ pli ŝatus la libron se mi havus la aĝon de la celpubliko, t.e. adoleskantoj. Mi imagas ke ĝi celas esti tre inspira kaj eble en tiu aĝo oni pli kunsentus kun la multa kontraŭ-plenkreskulemo. Aliflanke la libro jam komencas malĝisdatiĝi kaj la problemoj de la nuna epoko estus tute aliaj, do mi ne scias …

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5 stars

Yep, that's me finally getting round to this. I can safely say that this book delivers on all the praise that has been piled on it. First published in 2008, this still feels fresh and relevant now.
On the paper copy I bought (I prefer paper for Doctorow and a select few others) the tagline reads "novel of youthful rebellion". That really got my goat because this isn't a novel about rebellion. This kid just wanted to live his life as he always had. 17 and vanished to a government blacksite. Doing something about that is not "rebellion", it's being a good citizen!
The book also serves as a good primer to security and IT Security primarily. Given this is my professional field I can safely say it is spot on there, despite being 12 years old. It engages on the subject and gently teaches as part of the story …

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5 stars

you MUST get this book -

think about the chaos of the G20 protest this past summer, think about the new species of nationalism/patriotism that grew out of 9-11, think about the guantanamo bay detention camp... this audiobook was immediate, pressing, and hard to put down.

i think it's categorized as sci-fi or futuristic - the school textbooks are actually laptops that switch to that courses content (and, no surprise, they are sponsored by companies), and other technology driven differeces - but it was so relevant to TODAY.

on top of all that - the book made me want to get deeper into computers, to understand them more, to get my hands dirty - so to speak. we use this technology everyday and we're giving so much more away than we realize. this IS the future, and we need to get ready for it.

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2 stars

Though this book is aimed at young adults, I don't feel that it is appropriate for them due to the very adult subject matter scattered throughout (sex, etc). This is unfortunate as the author could have done without the those bits and not have taken anything away from the plot. Otherwise, much of the paranoia and "kid beating the system" themes would have been fascinating to me when I was a youth. Unfortunately, as an adult, much of that looks like exaggerated silliness (which would still be great if it had been better thought out). I would say this book would be mildly amusing for an adult, and totally inappropriate for a kid. Too bad.

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Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Computer hackers
  • Civil rights
  • Terrorism
  • Juvenile fiction
  • United States
  • Counterculture
  • Young adult fiction
  • Juvenile literature
  • United States. Department of Homeland Security
  • Hackers
  • Children's fiction
  • Terrorism, fiction
  • San francisco (calif.), fiction
  • Computer crimes

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