A review by ramsfan1963
Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present by Cory Doctorow

dark informative mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Cory Doctorow writes stories involving technology, but not stories bogged down in technobabble so only technosavy can understand them. His stories are about how technology affects people, for better or worse, what it means to be human in a future where everything that makes people individuals can be downloaded and copied like a computer file.
I'm sure some people would label his work dystopian, but there's always a thread of optimism there, no matter how slim, that mankind will figure it out and survive.