Category Archives: 2013 Women of Genre Fiction Challenge

A book read for the Science Fiction Experience and the Women of Genre Fiction Challenge. Also for the TBR Double Dog Dare.

Pure cyberpunk. I discovered William Gibson and Bruce Sterling in the 1980s , not sure how I missed Cadigan.

This is a big book crammed with many characters and many ideas that, except for the lack of wireless and smart phones, does not feel dated. The story takes place in LA, the cast of characters includes virtual reality programmers, corporate flunkies, rogue video makers, hackers and a mysterious internet personality named Dr. Fish. A company called EyeTraxx, known for making popular music videos, has developed a new technology that enables a direct connection between the human brain and the internet, openinga great question. Scahill's perspective on the Obama administration's treatment of whistleblowers and leakers is widely held. According to Propublica, the Obama administration has brought seven criminal prosecutions over national security leaks under a World War I era law called the Espionage Act, which doesn't consider if leaks were in the public interest. That number may not sound huge, but it's twice as many as all previous president's combined.

And in pursuing those cases, the administration has also targeted journalists. Investigators looking into a potential CIA leak secretly seized Associated Press reporters' phone records -- and tracked Fox News reporter James Rosen's physical movements, phone records, and e-mails while investigating leaks related to North Korea's nuclear program. While no journalists have faced criminal prosecution to date, Rosen was identified