Little Brother

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cyberpunk novel novel science fiction novel young adult novel

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.

Aliases (1)

Little Brother series ×2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cyberpunk novel → novel → science fiction novel → young adult novel →
author	Cory Doctorow →
availableAs	free ebook →
awarded	Prometheus Award →
awardYear	2009 Prometheus Award →
centralTheme	civil liberties → government surveillance → hacking → privacy → resistance to authoritarianism →
countryOfOrigin	Canada →
coverArtist	Richard H. Tuttle →
educationalUse	taught in high school curricula → used in university courses on technology and society →
firstEditionFormat	hardcover →
followsCharacter	teenage hacker →
genre	cyberpunk → 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 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike →
mainCharacter	Marcus Yallow →
mediaType	audiobook → ebook → print →
nominatedFor	Hugo Award for Best Novel → Nebula Award for Best Novel →
notableFor	depiction of DHS surveillance after a terrorist attack → 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	Department of Homeland Security → counterterrorism → digital rights →
targetAudience	young adults →
titleAlludesTo	Big Brother →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Homeland →	follows
For the Win →	followsInTheme
Cory Doctorow →	notableWork
Attack Surface ("Little Brother series") →	partOfSeries
Homeland ("Little Brother series") →	series