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The revolution will be downloaded

The revolution will be downloaded

There are very few books in recent memory that have had the buzz amongst the online speculative fiction community as Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother. It was released just over a year ago to resoundingly positive reviews from magazines like Publisher's Weekly and Booklist.


Neil Gaiman raved about it: "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 13 year olds, male and female, as I can. Because I think it'll change lives." Scott Westerfield calls it "[a] rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion, as necessary and dangerous as file sharing, free speech, and bottled water on a plane."


There are very few books in recent memory that have had the buzz amongst the online speculative fiction community as Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother. It was released just over a year ago to resoundingly positive reviews from magazines like Publisher's Weekly and Booklist.


Neil Gaiman raved about it: "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 13 year olds, male and female, as I can. Because I think it'll change lives." Scott Westerfield calls it "[a] rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion, as necessary and dangerous as file sharing, free speech, and bottled water on a plane."

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