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Imagine a world where the government keeps an eye on you at all times - where you can be picked up for crimes imagined, held and tortured to get a confession, and live without even the slightest hope of civil liberties. Basically imagine being a coloured person in post 9/11 US of A. How would you fight back? Cory Doctorow's Little Brother, which can be found free on his website hints at an answer, even though rationality says that big brother should be hard, if not impossible to beat.
Should be a fun read, and definitely a long one. But hey, its the LAST week and the LAST read of the Coursera course on SciFi and Fantasy, y'all, so why wouldn't I jump right into it?
Did I mention it was the LAST? I did? Okay, then, let's get to it. I'll see you guys on the flip side.
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