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Told through one of the most on-pulse genre voices of our generation--New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow--Radicalized is a timely novel comprised of four science fiction novellas connected by social, technological, and economic visions of today and what America could be in the near, near future.
Unauthorized Bread is a tale of immigration, the toxicity of economic and technological stratification, and the young and downtrodden fighting against all odds to survive and prosper.
In Model Minority, a Superman-like figure attempts to rectifiy the corruption of the police forces he long erroneously thought protected the defenseless...only to find his efforts adversely affecting their victims.
Radicalized is a story of a darkweb-enforced violent uprising against insurance companies told from the perspective of a man desperate to secure funding for an experimental drug that could cure his wife's terminal cancer.
The fourth story, Masque of the Red Death, harkens back to Doctorow's Walkaway, taking on issues of survivalism versus community.
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Ebook Radicalized eBook Cory Doctorow
"First story rocked. Didn't care for the rest of it. Mr. Doctorow seems to have become somewhat disillusioned. I certainly can't blame him, but not my kind of fiction."
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Radicalized eBook Cory Doctorow Reviews :
Radicalized eBook Cory Doctorow Reviews
- Each story really deserves its own review here, but I hope a few words about the text as a whole are enough to convince you to read it. Doctorow gives us four intense character studies that examine the points of struggle in our current political climate. Through the lens of the refugee, the superhero, the forum poster, and the capitalist, we are shown how abstract political views impact the real lives of people. There are moments of reflection on how we experience privilege and its lack, how the "wokeness" of public figures affects the people for whom they advocate, and how to both criminalize and exonerate inaction. The picture is very dark, but we are in shadows, and the light is too simple a salvation.
- Cory Doctorow is one of the most important science fiction authors of the 21st century. Like Robert Heinlein, he fills his stories with information that we need to know while telling amazing stories. Radicalized is four different stories with a theme that Cory frequently revisits, namely, shouldn’t everybody in this modern, resource wealthy world, have the expectation of fair treatment. This is my favorite book of the last twelve months. Keep up the amazing work.
- I've been a fan of Mr. Doctorow's stories for some years now, and he once again hits it out of the park with this collection of four short stories. Readers of his will recognize many similar themes to his earlier works- many echoes of his "little brother" books, his most recent "walkaway" story, and of course the idea of people using the connectivity of the web that seems to permeate almost every if not all his works.
All four stories had a impact on me, and it will take some time for me to really digest them. I do feel that, with the possible/sorta exception of the first story, none of them have the optimism-in-the-face-of-near insurmountable odds kinda thread his stories usually have, and that's quite alright. Kinda refreshing in a twisted way.
The first story is a world of corporate IP gone wild, vs. those evil jailbreakers. Infuriating and lovely.
The superhero story is a delight- and I like that it was a honest look at a serious issue but there was no easy solution, even for a Superman.
The third story is a thoughtful treatise on "does violence solve anything". Answer may surprise, and disturb you. Especially if you(like all civilized people IMO) ahbor it.
I very much liked the final story as well. A guilty pleasure of mine is reading(usually self-published and poorly written) teotwawki stories, and it always struck me as kind of funny how preppers seem to think hiding away from the world would work out for them, as they could emerge from their hidey-holes and be the new lords of creation- basically sell high, buy low. The protagonist (a hedge-fund trader, of course) finds out that's maybe not the best plan....
Five stars, no question. - angry, scary political fiction for an angry, scary age. Cory gets deep thoughts and penetrating insights across without sacrificing drama or readability. a personal literary hero
- First story rocked. Didn't care for the rest of it. Mr. Doctorow seems to have become somewhat disillusioned. I certainly can't blame him, but not my kind of fiction.
- Only one if the four stories (the first) was strong, and all four were so heavy-handed in their politics, and sometimes heavily didactic, as to detract. Not as good as his novels.
- Great collection of stories each with a message. The messages are unique and insightful but you aren’t beaten over the head with the moral of the story. Doctorow brings his insightfulness about society to the stories once again.
- As a privileged Jew and a comic book fan, seeing racism and exclusion from Superman's perspective hit me harder than I thought it would.
