They organize a guerrilla army that kicks the DHS out of San Francisco and brings the Bill of Rights back to America.

And they call it the Xnet, and by using it, they are able to communicate without the NSA eavesdropping on them. So they build their own network of hacked hacked Xboxes that they cryptographically secure using an off-the-shelf mesh wireless protocol. For context, can you tell us about Little Brother?ĭoctorow: So Little Brother is a novel about teenagers who, after a terrorist attack on San Francisco, find that their hometown has been turned into an airport checkpoint on steroids, where the Bill of Rights need not apply because the Department of Homeland Security is going to shake down every person who walks down the street, and if they don't like the look of you, you'll get whisked away because 'Don't You Know That There's An Emergency On?' And what they realize is that the only way they're going to get the freedoms that they think they deserve as Americans back in their hometown is to kick the DHS out. WT: Homeland is the sequel to your earlier book, Little Brother.

Joining us today is Cory Doctorow, author of Homeland, a book about young adults challenging government surveillance and corruption in the digital age. WT: From the Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing at The Ohio State University, this is Ben Keith. on WCRS and Wednesday, March 13 at 8:00 p.m. The interview aired Monday, March 11 at 7 p.m. 22 at opposite ends of the telephone network to talk about Homeland, writing sequels, writing science fiction and the absurdity of Hollywood depictions of technology. After a couple of failed intercepts, Doctorow and I sat down on Friday, Feb.

Writers Talk interview with Cory Doctorow, by Ben Keith ⌫ Home Writers Talk interview with Cory Doctorow March 11, 2013Ĭory Doctorow has finished his tour of the United States, promoting his newest novel, Homeland.

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