The Circle

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The Circle is a dystopian novel by Dave Eggers that critiques surveillance, social media culture, and the erosion of privacy within a powerful tech corporation.

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instanceOf novel
adaptation The Circle (2017 film) NERFINISHED
adaptedIntoFilmYear 2017
author Dave Eggers NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizes erosion of privacy
social media overexposure
surveillance culture
tech monopolies
fictionalCorporation The Circle (company) NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationDirector James Ponsoldt NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationStar Emma Watson NERFINISHED
John Boyega NERFINISHED
Tom Hanks NERFINISHED
genre dystopian fiction
science fiction
social satire
hasSequel The Every NERFINISHED
ISBN 978-0-385-35139-3
language English
mainCharacter Mae Holland NERFINISHED
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor critique of big tech and surveillance
originalPublicationYear 2013
pageCount 504
protagonist Mae Holland NERFINISHED
publicationDate 2013-10-08
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
McSweeney's NERFINISHED
sequelPublicationYear 2021
setInPeriod near future
setting California NERFINISHED
The Circle campus
theme conformity
corporate power
data collection
digital identity
loss of privacy
social media culture
surveillance
surveillance capitalism
technological utopianism
transparency ideology
workByAuthor Dave Eggers NERFINISHED

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Dave Eggers notableWork The Circle
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