'Radicalized' by Cory Doctorow

Radicalized, Cory Doctorow (4.0)

As usual, Mr. Doctorow has his eye on the key issues of our time and portrays them in interesting and compelling ways. He does it here with 4 short stories, most set in the near future. He imagines our emerging issues (i.e. income inequality, immigration, health care) playing out in ironic ways. While the subjects are usually depressing, these stories have hope buried here and there throughout. While the entitled money manager hides in his bunker after the Internet and society unravel, not all is anarchy in the outside he fights so strongly to keep out. I only found one of the stories so-so (I’ll let the reader figure out which one) the other three are fascinating and timely.