It’s the first Thursday of the month. Actually, it’s the first Thursday of the year… Wait! It’s the first Thursday of the decade!
Time to report!
What is the best book you read in December 2019 and why did you love it? It doesn’t have to be a newly published book, or even SFF. We just want to share some great reading material. Feel free to post a full review of the book here, or a link to the review on your blog, or just write a few sentences about why you thought it was awesome.
January 2nd, 2020. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 14 comments |
Cory Doctorow’s Radicalized (2019) is a collection of four near-future novellas that cast a critical eye on current societal trends. As is nearly always the case with collections, the story quality/impact varies, but the floor here is relatively high.
In the first, “Unauthorized Bread,” Doctorow takes on digital rights/permissions, mergers and monopolies, and the growing movement away from creating tech the average person (or non-average for that matter) can easily modify/repair themselves. The protagonist is Salima, faced one day with a broken Boulangism toaster-oven which only accepts the company’s proprietary bread — “unauthorized bread had consequences ranging from kitchen fires to suboptimal toast.” Not having the money to buy a new one,
January 2nd, 2020. Bill Capossere´s rating: 4 | Cory Doctorow | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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