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“A wonderful,
important book…I’d recommend Little
Brother over pretty much any book I’ve read this year, and I’d want to get
it into the hands of as many smart thirteen-year-olds, male and female, as I
can. Because I think it’ll change lives. Because some kids, maybe just a few,
won’t be the same after they’ve read it. Maybe they’ll change politically,
maybe technologically. Maybe it’ll just be the first book they loved or that
spoke to their inner geek. Maybe they’ll want to argue about it and disagree
with it. Maybe they’ll want to open their computer and see what’s in there. I
don’t know. It made me want to be thirteen again right now, and reading it for
the first time.”
— Neil Gaiman, New York Times bestselling author
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“A rousing tale of
techno-geek rebellion.”
— Scott Westerfeld, New York Times bestselling author
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“An entertaining
thriller…Little Brother is also a practical
handbook of digital self-defense. Marcus’s guided tour through RFID cloners,
cryptography, and Bayesian math is one of the book’s principal delights…Little Brother is a terrific read, but
it also claims a place in the tradition of polemical science-fiction novels
like 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 (with a dash of ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’).”
— New York Times
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“This novel brims
with new and evolving technology, which may fascinate some readers and bog down
others. But the well-integrated explanations, plot twists, humor, and romance
between Marcus and a “h4wt” (translation: “hot”) geeky babe will keep this
thriller humming along even for techno-duhs. Cory Doctorow tackles timely
issues, including the erosion of civil liberties in the name of national
security. Hopefully, teens will pass this cautionary tale on to parents,
teachers, and government officials.”
— Washington Post
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“Little Brother is generally awesome in the more vernacular sense:
It’s pretty freaking cool…A fluid, instantly ingratiating fiction writer…He’s
also terrific at finding the human aura shimmering around technology.”
— Los Angeles Times
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“Doctorow throws off
cool ideas the way champagne generates bubbles…[He] definitely has the goods.”
— San Francisco Chronicle
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“A believable and
frightening tale of a near-future San Francisco…Filled with sharp dialogue and
detailed descriptions…within a tautly crafted fictional framework.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“Readers will delight
in the details of how Marcus attempts to stage a techno-revolution…Buy multiple
copies; this book will be h4wt (that’s ‘hot,’ for the nonhackers).”
— Booklist (starred review)
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“Marcus is a
wonderfully developed character: hyperaware of his surroundings, trying to redress
past wrongs, and rebelling against authority…Raising pertinent questions and
fostering discussion, this techno-thriller is an outstanding first purchase.”
— School Library Journal (starred review)