Little Brother
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Little Brother is a young adult cyberpunk novel by Cory Doctorow that follows a teenage hacker fighting government surveillance in a near-future San Francisco.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Little Brother canonical | 4 |
| Little Brother series | 3 |
| Little Brother universe | 1 |
| novel Little Brother (2008) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cyberpunk novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ young adult novel ⓘ |
| author | Cory Doctorow ⓘ |
| availableAs | free ebook ⓘ |
| awarded | Prometheus Award ⓘ |
| awardYear |
Prometheus Award
ⓘ
surface form:
2009 Prometheus Award
|
| centralTheme |
civil liberties
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government surveillance ⓘ hacking ⓘ privacy ⓘ resistance to authoritarianism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Richard H. Tuttle ⓘ |
| educationalUse |
taught in high school curricula
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used in university courses on technology and society ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| followsCharacter | teenage hacker ⓘ |
| genre |
cyberpunk
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science fiction ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Homeland ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four ⓘ |
| ISBN | 978-0-7653-1985-2 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| license |
Creative Commons license
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surface form:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
|
| mainCharacter | Marcus Yallow ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Hugo Award for Best Novel
ⓘ
Nebula Award ⓘ
surface form:
Nebula Award for Best Novel
|
| notableFor |
depiction of DHS surveillance after a terrorist attack
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use of real-world cryptography and security concepts ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Tor Books ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 384 ⓘ |
| protagonistAlias | w1n5t0n ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2008 ⓘ |
| publisherImprint | Tor Teen ⓘ |
| sequelPublicationDate | 2013 ⓘ |
| setInLocation | San Francisco ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | near future ⓘ |
| subject |
United States Department of Homeland Security
ⓘ
surface form:
Department of Homeland Security
counterterrorism ⓘ digital rights ⓘ |
| targetAudience | young adults ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | Big Brother ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
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Little Brother series
this entity surface form:
novel Little Brother (2008)
this entity surface form:
Little Brother series
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Little Brother universe