"Radicalized" by Cory Doctorow is a collection of four novellas that delve into near-future dystopias, exploring themes such as the proliferation of DRM, systematic racism, doomsday prepping, and radicalization. The stories are heavy-handed in their political statements, addressing issues like healthcare, police violence, and societal collapse with a dark and cautionary tone. Doctorow's writing style is described as direct, unflinching, and thought-provoking, painting a vivid picture of a world on the brink of chaos and inequality.
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The book contains high content warnings for discussions around violence, racism, healthcare injustice, and societal collapse.
From The Publisher:
From New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow, Radicalized is four urgent SF novellas of America's present and future within one book
Told through one of the most on-pulse genre voices of our generation, Radicalized is a timely collection consisting of four SF 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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About the Author:
CORY DOCTOROW is a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an MIT Media Lab Research Associate and a visiting professor of Computer Science at the Open University. His award-winning novel Little Brother and its sequel Homeland were New York Times bestsellers. Born and raised in Canada, he lives in Los Angeles.
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