HOMELAND

Last week I posted on the first 10 chapters of Little Brother, written by Cory Doctorow.   To sum up whom Cory Doctorow is again… He is a science fiction author, activist, journalist, and blogger.

Homeland Cover. Source: Tor

Now, for this weeks post, I took a look at his sequel to Little Brother, Homeland.  Homeland is every bit of the same story as Little Brother.  It is a story of activism, and courage, to make the world a better place.

Marcus is now caught up in a new crisis just a few years after Little Brother took place.  He has recently landed a job as Webmaster for a politician running for election.  Masha, his ex-girlfriend, gives him a thumbdrive that is filled with “WikiLeaks” type information.  This thumbdrive provides Marcus with hard evidence that corporations and governments are knowingly acting with deceit.

However, now that Marcus has a job, he cannot act like he normally would a couple years ago.  If he were to leak the information he would become known and would put the election at risk.  Homeland is just as fast moving and interesting as Little Brother.

After reading Little Brother, you sit back and think, “man, that was a good read”.  Or at least that is how I felt.  Then you hear about Homeland, and it being the sequel to Little Brother.  Now, normally I stay far away from sequels because they never live up to the first movie, book, etc.  However, I am glad I didn’t really have an option but to read it.  It lived up to my hopes of the excerpt.  Doctorow did a good job bringing the story back to life, adding different twists in the story.

Doctorow promotes creating your own programs, more particularly hacking.  I never thought I would be able to accomplish anything of the sort, but reading this it gives you the confidence to attempt it.  Maybe I will some day.