| Re: favourite books?
Another:
Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow
Doctorow’s books are often just dissertations on his view of future technologies and connectivity, wrapped up in a pretty plot to make the treatise more palatable. EST is exactly like that, but the basic premise is simpler than that of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, leaving more room for plot. The world really is run by secret societies, but they’re not so secret and they’re not based on stuffy old religions. They’re based on timezones and the creative work people can do in the different hours of a day. These timezone tribes live interconnected lives online, they’re permanently jacked-in whether at rest or on the move, and they function as the ultimate old boys’ network. Sabotaging a rival tribe gains you wealth and power, just as easily as doing positive work to eleveate your own kin. Our hero falls for the wrong woman and trusts the wrong man, both turning out to be double-agents working for the glory of a rival tribe. Our hero needs to decide whether or not to push that pencil up his own nose and into his brain, in a crude attempt at a homemade lobotomy.
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