Review: Cory Doctorow's _Little Brother_

[xopher_vh]

Suppose you're a high school student, and kind of a gaming geek. You get decent grades, but you're not exactly a model student, because sometimes you cut school to go pick up a clue in the game you play. One of those times, you're unlucky enough to be out of school when a major terrorist attack happens in the city where you live. You're picked

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[acelightning]

Wow... I do want to read that!

(Side note: Heinlein described at least one way to change one's gait, in Double Star; the one I remember is totape a quarter to the ball of each foot.)

I'm rather violently broke right now, so I'll have to check back for the free-download link, but I definitely want to read this book.

P.S. - it's been a while, hasn't it?

[xopher_vh]

The free download link is up now. Just putting this here so you'll get a notification, if you have that turned on.

[acelightning]

Thanks! It looks great, and I can't wait to read it.

(I've got all notification turned on for you, since you post so rarely.)

[photog42]

Yay! Xopher post!

Ooh, I do believe I will have to read this. *sigh* I have a lot of reading to catch up on. I suppose I should finish the half-dozen novels I've already bought that are waiting for me.

and yet the explanation fits neatly into the story

Makes me think of Neil Stephenson's Cryptonomicon. And while his treatise on the proper way to eat Cap'n Crunch isn't on the same tech level as cryptology, it is pure geek.

[pnkrokhockeymom]

I loved it so much it broke my brain. And it really upset me. But I loved it.