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A review by tome15
The Rapture of the Nerds by Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross
5.0
Doctorow, Cory, and Charles Stross. The Rapture of the Nerds. Tor, 2012.
In The Rapture of the Nerds Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross are out on the kind of lark that only they could create. You have Doctorow’s skepticism about the Internet of Things and Stross’s Kafkaesque satire of bureaucracy on full display. And when they get together to lampoon American religious bigotry and hypocrisy, they pull all the stops. Here’s the premise: Hugh is a neo-luddite Welsh potter, whose parents have given up their meat bodies for a virtual life in in space. Poor Hugh is drawn into the center of things when he is put on a jury to evaluate the effects of off-planet technology on terrestrial society. Hugh is an absolute innocent in machinations that are his worst nightmares. Rapture holds up very well on rereading.
In The Rapture of the Nerds Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross are out on the kind of lark that only they could create. You have Doctorow’s skepticism about the Internet of Things and Stross’s Kafkaesque satire of bureaucracy on full display. And when they get together to lampoon American religious bigotry and hypocrisy, they pull all the stops. Here’s the premise: Hugh is a neo-luddite Welsh potter, whose parents have given up their meat bodies for a virtual life in in space. Poor Hugh is drawn into the center of things when he is put on a jury to evaluate the effects of off-planet technology on terrestrial society. Hugh is an absolute innocent in machinations that are his worst nightmares. Rapture holds up very well on rereading.