"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, author of
"Sandman" and "American Gods" on "Little Brother"
"A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion." --Scott Westerfeld,
author of "Uglies," "Pretties," and "Specials," on "Little
Brother"
"A worthy younger sibling to Orwell''s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Cory
Doctorow''s "Little Brother" is lively, precocious, and most
importantly, a little scary." --Brian K. Vaughan, author of the
graphic novel "Y: The Last Man" on "Little Brother"
"A tale of struggle familiar to any teenager, about those moments
when you choose what your life is going to mean." --Steven Gould,
author of "Jumper," on "Little Brother"
"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 on Little Brother ("Featured in
"PW" Children''s e-newsletter)"
"Readers will delight in the details of how Marcus attempts to
stage a techno-revolution ... Buy multiple copies; thisbook will be
h4wt (that''s ''hot, '' for the nonhackers)." -"Booklist" starred
review on Little Brother ("Selected as a "Booklist" "Review of the
Day")"
"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 on Little Brother
""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." -"The Los Angeles Times
"on Little Brother
"Scarily realistic...Action-packed with tales of courage,
technology, and demonstrations of digital disobedience as the
technophile''s civil protest." --Andrew "bunnie" Huang, author of
"Hacking the Xbox," on "Little Brother"
"The right book at the right time from the right author--and, not
entirely coincidentally, Cory Doctorow''s best novel yet." --John
Scalzi, bestselling author of "Old Man''s War," on "Little
Brother"
"I was completely hooked in the first few minutes. Great work."
--Mitch Kapor, inventor of Lotus 1-2-3 and co-founder of the EFF,
on "Little Brother""
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"Little Brother is a brilliant novel with a bold argument: hackers
and gamers might just be our country''s best hope for the future."
--Jane McGonigal, designer of the alternate-reality game I Love
Bees on "Little Brother"
""Little Brother" sounds an optimistic warning. It extrapolates
from current events to remind us of the ever-growing threats to
liberty. But it also notes thatliberty ultimately resides in our
individual attitudes and actions. In our increasingly authoritarian
world, I especially hope that teenagers and young adults will read
it--and then persuade their peers, parents and teachers to follow
suit." --Dan Gillmor, technology journalist, author of "We the
Media" on "Little Brother"
"It''s about growing up in the near future where things have
kept going on the way they''ve been going, and it''s about hacking
as a habit of mind, but mostly it''s about growing up and changing
and looking at the world and asking what you can do about that. The
teenage voice is pitch-perfect. I couldn''t put it down, and I
loved it." --Jo Walton, author of "Farthing" on "Little
Brother"
"Read this book. You''ll learn a great deal about computer
security, surveillance and how to counter it, and the risk of
trading off freedom for ''security.'' And you''ll have fun doing
it." --Tim O''Reilly, founder and CEO of O''Reilly Media on" Little
Brother"
"I know many science fiction writers engaged in the cyber-world,
but Cory Doctorow is a native...We should all hope and trust that
our culture has the guts and moxie to follow this guy. He''s got a
lot to tell us." --Bruce Sterling
"Cory Doctorow doesn''t just write about the future--I think he
lives there." --Kelly Link, author of "Stranger Things
Happen"
"Doctorow throws off cool ideas the way champagne generates
bubbles...[he] definitely has the goods." --"San Francisco""
Chronicle"
"Doctorow is one of sci-fi''s most exciting young writers."
--"Cargo Magazine"