Little Brother

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TitleLittle Brother
Year for Search2008
AuthorsDoctorow, Cory [Efram](b. 1971)
Date Published2008
PublisherTor Teen
Place PublishedNew York
ISBN Number9780765319852 978-1-250-77458-3
KeywordsCanadian author, English author, Male author
Annotation

Young adult dystopia of U.S. Home Security targeting San Francisco because the administration sees it as too liberal. Home Security is fought by a group of teenage hackers with some success and ends with the administration freeing those responsible and the hackers continuing their opposition. The title refers to “Big Brother” in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. First volume in a loosely connected series; see also his Homeland (2013) and Attack Surface (2020). A related novella is his “Lawful Interception.” Illus. Yuko Shimizu. Tor.com. http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/08/lawful-interception. 
Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Little Brother & Homeland (New York: Tor/Tom Doherty Associates, 2020), 11-317, with an “Introduction” by Edward Snowden (7-9).
Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The author (b. 1971) was born and raised in Canada, lived for many years in England and became a U.K. citizen, and moved to the U.S. in 2015.
Full Text

2008 Doctorow, Cory [Efram] (b. 1971). Little Brother. New York: Tor Teen. Rpt. in Little Brother & Homeland (New York: Tor/Tom Doherty Associates, 2020), 11-317, with an “Introduction” by Edward Snowden (7-9). PSt

Young adult dystopia of U.S. Home Security targeting San Francisco because the administration sees it as too liberal. Home Security is fought by a group of teenage hackers with some success and ends with the administration freeing those responsible and the hackers continuing their opposition. The title refers to “Big Brother” in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. First volume in a loosely connected series; see also his Homeland (2013) and Attack Surface (2020). A related novella is his “Lawful Interception.” Illus. Yuko Shimizu. Tor.com. http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/08/lawful-interception. The author was born and raised in Canada, lived for many years in England and became a U.K. citizen, and moved to the U.S. in 2015.