2.6
The Rapture of the Nerds
[Read by John Lee]
At the dusk of the twentyfirst century, Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. The splintery metaconsciousness of the solar system has largely sworn off its preposthuman cousins dirtside, but its minds sometimes wander, spamming Earth's networks with plans for disastrously disruptive technologies. Until the overminds bore of stirring Earth's anthill, there's Tech Jury Service: randomly selected humans charged with assessing dozens of new inventions and ruling on whether to let them loose. Young Huw, a technophobic misanthrope, has been selected for the latest jury, a task he does his best to perform despite a number of setbacks.
At the dusk of the twentyfirst century, Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. The splintery metaconsciousness of the solar system has largely sworn off its preposthuman cousins dirtside, but its minds sometimes wander, spamming Earth's networks with plans for disastrously disruptive technologies. Until the overminds bore of stirring Earth's anthill, there's Tech Jury Service: randomly selected humans charged with assessing dozens of new inventions and ruling on whether to let them loose. Young Huw, a technophobic misanthrope, has been selected for the latest jury, a task he does his best to perform despite a number of setbacks.
Science Fiction & FantasyScience Fiction
RELEASED2015
PUBLISHERBlackstone Audio, Inc.
LENGTH1
LANGUAGEEN
From his website: Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger -- the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of the bestselling Tor Teens/HarperCollins UK novel LITTLE BROTHER. He is the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in London. 2 Creative Commons-licensed photos: cindiann: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/2625294688/ & Joi Ito, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.
2.6
The Rapture of the Nerds
by Charles Stross, Cory Doctorow
[Read by John Lee]
At the dusk of the twentyfirst century, Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. The splintery metaconsciousness of the solar system has largely sworn off its preposthuman cousins dirtside, but its minds sometimes wander, spamming Earth's networks with plans for disastrously disruptive technologies. Until the overminds bore of stirring Earth's anthill, there's Tech Jury Service: randomly selected humans charged with assessing dozens of new inventions and ruling on whether to let them loose. Young Huw, a technophobic misanthrope, has been selected for the latest jury, a task he does his best to perform despite a number of setbacks.
At the dusk of the twentyfirst century, Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. The splintery metaconsciousness of the solar system has largely sworn off its preposthuman cousins dirtside, but its minds sometimes wander, spamming Earth's networks with plans for disastrously disruptive technologies. Until the overminds bore of stirring Earth's anthill, there's Tech Jury Service: randomly selected humans charged with assessing dozens of new inventions and ruling on whether to let them loose. Young Huw, a technophobic misanthrope, has been selected for the latest jury, a task he does his best to perform despite a number of setbacks.
Science Fiction & FantasyScience Fiction
RELEASED2015
PUBLISHERBlackstone Audio, Inc.
LENGTH1
LANGUAGEEN
From his website: Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger -- the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of the bestselling Tor Teens/HarperCollins UK novel LITTLE BROTHER. He is the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in London. 2 Creative Commons-licensed photos: cindiann: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/2625294688/ & Joi Ito, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.
