Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to the beginnings of Silicon Valley. The main, college-age character and his longtime girlfriend have a sexually intimate relationship, though it's not presented in any detail. Cory Doctorows Red Team Blues (Tor) is a grabby next-Tuesday thriller about cryptocurrency shenanigans that will awaken you to how the world really works. Overall, the level of violence is less intense than in Little Brother. But be warned: as dark as Doctorow's other novels are, Homeland is even darker. The language is fairly strong, and there are a few scenes of physical violence (characters are kidnapped, assaulted, tased, beaten, tear-gassed, and threatened with torture), but there's not much bloodshed. Doctorow makes it easy by providing essays at the end of the book including one by Aaron Swartz. In this sequel to Little Brother, the characters don't always act within the letter of the law, even though the protagonist and his friends always struggle to do what's right. Parents need to know that Cory Doctorow's Homeland is a near-future science fiction novel that takes a very realistic approach to subjects like government surveillance, torture, and civil disobedience. Caffeine is Marcus' stimulant of choice, and there's a lot of discussion about how to brew the strongest coffee.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. The opening chapters of Homeland are set at Burning Man, and although they don't directly describe characters using recreational drugs, it's strongly implied that they've done so.
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