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Sabotage for a tribe-controlled time zone.

This book would be great for someone who loves science fiction and is interested in exploring the potential effects of technology on society. The book's most unique feature is the concept of time zone-based tribes and the idea that sleep is still a necessity even with the rise of instant communication. The author does a great job of imagining a future world and its potential consequences. The pace of the book is quick with plenty of action and twists.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Eastern Standard Tribe

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ISBN: 9780007327942
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM110.49 MYR
Authors: Cory Doctorow
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Date of Publication: 2010-07-08
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Romance, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.47
(rated by 3746 readers)

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The Barnes & Noble ReviewEastern Standard Tribe, Cory Doctorow's second novel, can be best described as a story about a genius suspected of being insane, written by a genius suspected of being insane -- a brilliant blend of Ken Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and Neal Stephenson's cyberpunk classic Snow Crash. Art Berry is an agent provocateur in the Eastern Standard Tribe (a secret society bound together by similar sleep schedules) working undercover as a management consultant in England and trying to mire the Greenwich Mean Time tribalists in consumer-unfriendly bureaucracy. Everything is going as planned for Art until he accidentally hits a pedestrian while driving in London. The jaywalker turns out to be a brash American woman from Los Angeles named Linda. After both are treated for minor injuries, they begin an unlikely romance. But when Art comes up with a potential billion-dollar idea that could mean huge gains for the Eastern Standard Tribe, Linda and one of Art's coworkers steal the idea, institutionalize him under false pretenses, and sell the design to the highest bidder. Stuck in a sanitarium for "observation," Art ponders the age-old question: Would he rather be smart or happy? Like Doctorow's debut novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Eastern Standard Tribe is pure literary genius: an irreverent, disturbing, and uproarious glimpse into the future of the global society. Dedicated tribalists can experience more of Doctorow's twisted wit in A Place So Foreign and Eight More, a collection of his best short stories. Paul Goat Allen
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Sabotage for a tribe-controlled time zone.

This book would be great for someone who loves science fiction and is interested in exploring the potential effects of technology on society. The book's most unique feature is the concept of time zone-based tribes and the idea that sleep is still a necessity even with the rise of instant communication. The author does a great job of imagining a future world and its potential consequences. The pace of the book is quick with plenty of action and twists.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.