| Authors: |
Cory Doctorow
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| Material type: |
Books |
| Language: |
English |
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| Year: |
2008 |
| ISBN: |
9780765319852 0765319853 |
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| User Tags: |
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4 out of 5: They liked it |
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Review by Denver Patron |
| Doctorow may have written this being a tinge over paranoid, but this turned out to be excellent fiction of how Homeland Security and authoritarian policy overtook America and how a couple of teenagers use hacking and good timing to overcome the obsession of control.
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After the first chapter, I felt like I'd known Marcus all my life and the streets of San Francisco even longer. Although sometimes when Marcus is explaining the tech-savvy apps, I was a bit lost and had to reread it. But this doesn't hinder the brilliance of this book in any way--rather, it made it even more amazing, what with all the little background info I could check up on. Overall, this was an excellent book, great for sneaking a couple pages during class or poring over long into the night, especially if you love great action
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This is a very interesting book placed in San Francisco. In it, Marcus is taken for interrogation by the Department of Homeland Security after trying to get help for |
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