Cory Doctorow ~8 hr read

After a terrorist attack on San Francisco, a tech-savvy teenager is swept up by Homeland Security, and, released into a surveillance state, decides to fight back with encryption and rebellion.

Cory Doctorow's 2008 novel is a fierce, influential cyberpunk-flavored tale of civil liberties, hacking, and youth resistance. Sharp, urgent, empowering. Read it for a landmark of contemporary YA SF, a rallying cry against surveillance dressed as a thrilling adventure.

In its time

Published in 2008, during the 2000s, open-culture and post-scarcity visions.

Reading it

~8 hr read (a novel-length work, settle in).