Radicalized

ISBN-13: 9781789544947 / Angielski

Cory Doctorow

Opis

Four dystopian novellas set in the near-future from award-winning author and activist Cory Doctorow.Four dystopian novellas set in the near-future.

If you want a better future tomorrow, you're going to have to fight for it today. 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.'Cory Doctorow is one of our most important science fiction writers' KIM STANLEY ROBINSON.

Recenzje

'Excellent collection' SFX

O autorze

Doctorow, CoryCory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger - the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of many books: In Real Life, a graphic novel; Information Doesn't Want to Be Free, a book about earning a living in the Internet age; and Homeland, the awardwinning, bestselling sequel to the 2008 YA novel Little Brother. Cory has been on the frontline of international debates on privacy, copyright and freedom of information for over a decade.