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Turner, corporate mercenary, wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him for …
Tito is in his early twenties. Born in Cuba, he speaks fluent Russian, lives in …
I didn’t follow Neuromancer, but I loved Pattern Recognition. So curious for this Cold War/espionage/CIA-world, which I usually enjoy in movies.
Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires...
The system …
Great book! A classic of course. Montag is a recognisable character, Beatty a wonderful bad guy and Mildred a sad and distant love interest. The ending is too preachy in my eyes, and becomes a bit too far fetched (remember books, walk the earth, eat a little bacon, you’re fine? Yeah right). But the parts about the wall screens displaying ‘the family’ constantly talking but saying nothing, is really prescient of current media. And the afterword also is: you don’t have to burn books, you just have to make people not care about them anymore. Recommended! A better read than other similar classics (Brave New World easily, 1984 almost).
From the insider who—according to The New Yorker—offers a “forceful critique…of Big Tech’s steady erosion of democracy,” and what must …
We think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all-powerful leader at the top. He controls …
We think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all-powerful leader …
Absolutely great read (I lent the audiobook). Details political, commercial and propagandistic ties between autocracies worldwide and shows their intricacy and effective propaganda, especially lately (war in Ukraine, Syria, misinformation, xenophobia). And scarily predicts Trumps abuse of the American justice system and other state powers for his own gains. Recommended!
