Review of 'Untitled John Gwynne 2' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
I enjoyed the additional exploration of the world as well as the characters. Getting to see the main three from the first book really grow and see where their actions take them, as well as getting the viewpoints of other characters and how Orka, Varg, and Elvar's actions affect others kept me engaged throughout.
I love Orka's chapters, it's very refreshing to see a mother be an absolute badass.
Book three when?
I enjoyed the additional exploration of the world as well as the characters. Getting to see the main three from the first book really grow and see where their actions take them, as well as getting the viewpoints of other characters and how Orka, Varg, and Elvar's actions affect others kept me engaged throughout.
I love Orka's chapters, it's very refreshing to see a mother be an absolute badass.
OneZero, Medium's official technology publication, is thrilled to announce a print-on-demand edition of How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism by Cory …
Cory Doctorow's Attack Surface is a standalone novel set in the world of New York …
Review of 'Attack Surface' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
This is the third volume of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother series, but it also serves as a standalone novel. It tells the story of Masha, who served as one of the antagonists in the first novel, Little Brother, and provided assistance to Marcus in the second, Homeland.
The story begins with Masha working for Xoth, a private company assisting a foreign government suppress protesters. After completing her work for the day aiding the authoritarian government, she moonlights by assisting a group of protestors, teaching them how to evade the monitoring.
If the first two books had Marcus as the protagonist, here we follow Masha Maximow, who was mostly “on the other side” working to help to suppress hacktivists, but at the same time supplied Marcus with sensitive data in the second book.
As the story unfolds, we see flashbacks of how Masha ended up working with Homeland Security …
This is the third volume of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother series, but it also serves as a standalone novel. It tells the story of Masha, who served as one of the antagonists in the first novel, Little Brother, and provided assistance to Marcus in the second, Homeland.
The story begins with Masha working for Xoth, a private company assisting a foreign government suppress protesters. After completing her work for the day aiding the authoritarian government, she moonlights by assisting a group of protestors, teaching them how to evade the monitoring.
If the first two books had Marcus as the protagonist, here we follow Masha Maximow, who was mostly “on the other side” working to help to suppress hacktivists, but at the same time supplied Marcus with sensitive data in the second book.
As the story unfolds, we see flashbacks of how Masha ended up working with Homeland Security in the first novel, then getting picked up by Carrie Johnstone (the primary antagonist in Little Brother) and back to the present.
With the back and forth between working for Xoth and Xiz and back again, it got a little confusing where in the timeline certain events were in the middle. But getting to see events from Masha's perspective really rounded out the tales told in the first book, and seeing things come to a conclusion.
While Little Brother (and Marcus' ideology) cries out "heck yeah technology!" and shows what can be done with it, Homeland shows that technology can't always be our savior. Attack Surface brings it full circle and with Masha's perspective shows that technology is simply a tool to be used. Both sides can use it, but it cannot be the only card in our deck.
Hailed by Bruce Sterling as a “political activist, gizmo freak, junk collector, programmer, entrepreneur, and …
Review of 'Content' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
Content contains a series of articles and presentations. Lots of topics are covered, including Facebook, RSS, and the adaptation of new technologies.
What felt like the most common and most impactful was the focus on DRM, specifically Cory's speech at Microsoft, explaining just how awful it is and why you'd be dumb to back it.
All in all, an enjoyable collection of essays to chew on regarding technology.
Content contains a series of articles and presentations. Lots of topics are covered, including Facebook, RSS, and the adaptation of new technologies.
What felt like the most common and most impactful was the focus on DRM, specifically Cory's speech at Microsoft, explaining just how awful it is and why you'd be dumb to back it.
All in all, an enjoyable collection of essays to chew on regarding technology.
