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* NextSundayAD: The 17-year-old Marcus mentions being into [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]] games when he was 7. To be fair, he doesn't say the Dreamcast was ''new'' at the time, but the Xbox Universal and Paranoid Linux are the only blatantly futuristic elements.
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* NextSundayAD: The 17-year-old Marcus mentions being into [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]] Platform/{{Dreamcast}} games when he was 7. To be fair, he doesn't say the Dreamcast was ''new'' at the time, but the Xbox Universal and Paranoid Linux are the only blatantly futuristic elements.
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* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher:
** [[spoiler: Two social studies teachers, on very opposite sides of the political spectrum]].
* [[spoiler: PreClimaxClimax]]: Subverted in ''Little Brother''.
** [[spoiler: Two social studies teachers, on very opposite sides of the political spectrum]].
* [[spoiler: PreClimaxClimax]]: Subverted in ''Little Brother''.
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* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher:
**PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: [[spoiler: Two social studies teachers, on very opposite sides of the political spectrum]].
*[[spoiler: PreClimaxClimax]]: PreClimaxClimax: Subverted in ''Little Brother''.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture:
** Though never explicitly stated, ''Little Brother'' is supposed to take place a few years into the future (as of 2008, when it was published). As the author noted in an interview, 95% of the technology in the book already exists, and the other 5% could be developed within five years.
** ''Homeland'' makes reference to issues very relevant as of its release (early 2013), with political commentary that tends to be critical of [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama a "progressive" president who allows torture and unlawful imprisonment.]]
** Though never explicitly stated, ''Little Brother'' is supposed to take place a few years into the future (as of 2008, when it was published). As the author noted in an interview, 95% of the technology in the book already exists, and the other 5% could be developed within five years.
** ''Homeland'' makes reference to issues very relevant as of its release (early 2013), with political commentary that tends to be critical of [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama a "progressive" president who allows torture and unlawful imprisonment.]]
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* TeenSuperspy
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture:
** Though never explicitly stated, ''Little Brother'' is supposed to take place a few years into the future (as of 2008, when it was published). As the author noted in an interview, 95% of the technology in the book already exists, and the other 5% could be developed within five years.
** ''Homeland'' makes reference to issues very relevant as of its release (early 2013), with political commentary that tends to be critical of [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama a "progressive" president who allows torture and unlawful imprisonment.]]
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture:
** Though never explicitly stated, ''Little Brother'' is supposed to take place a few years into the future (as of 2008, when it was published). As the author noted in an interview, 95% of the technology in the book already exists, and the other 5% could be developed within five years.
** ''Homeland'' makes reference to issues very relevant as of its release (early 2013), with political commentary that tends to be critical of [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama a "progressive" president who allows torture and unlawful imprisonment.]]
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture:
** Though never explicitly stated, ''Little Brother'' is supposed to take place a few years into the future (as of 2008, when it was published). As the author noted in an interview, 95% of the technology in the book already exists, and the other 5% could be developed within five years.
** ''Homeland'' makes reference to issues very relevant as of its release (early 2013), with political commentary that tends to be critical of [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama a "progressive" president who allows torture and unlawful imprisonment.]]
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* [[spoiler:HappyEnding]]: ''Little Brother''. [[spoiler: The police arrive and arrest Carrie Johnstone and the rest of the DHS personnel running the HellholePrison on Treasure Island at the very last minute. Marcus is implied to end up living a happy life with Ange.]] Until the sequel, of course...
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* [[spoiler:HappyEnding]]: HappyEnding: ''Little Brother''. [[spoiler: The police arrive and arrest Carrie Johnstone and the rest of the DHS personnel running the HellholePrison on Treasure Island at the very last minute. Marcus is implied to end up living a happy life with Ange.]] Until the sequel, of course...
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* WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture
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Society Marches On has been renamed; cleaning out misuse and moving examples
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* SocietyMarchesOn: Despite taking place in the near future, it seems that the most modern, technically adept trendy teenagers in San Francisco still use flippy cell phones with hard buttons, rather than touchscreen-based smartphones of the kind everyone and their cat now have. Also, UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden is still alive as the leader of Al-Qaeda, which is still a big threat to the US. This is especially apparent in the sequel, Homeland, featuring references to the Occupy movement and Website/{{Twitter}}, which became ''much'' bigger after the release of Little Brother.
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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: In the ending of ''Little Brother'', [[spoiler: The Judge, who seems to be the most concerned about Marcus stealing the phone, and not with the DHS waterboarding him]].
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** ''Homeland'' has [[spoiler: Carrie Johnstone again, this time alongside Zyz]].
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** ''Homeland'' has [[spoiler: the return of Carrie Johnstone again, Johnstone, this time alongside working for shadowy PrivateMilitaryContractors Zyz]].
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A spin-off novel set in the same universe, ''Attack Surface'', was released in 2020.
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** Homeland, which is the sequel to Little Brother, devotes plenty of space to cold-brewed coffee.
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** Homeland, ''Homeland'', which is the sequel to Little Brother, ''Little Brother'', devotes plenty of space to cold-brewed coffee.
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* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding]]: ''Homeland'' ends up taking this path. [[spoiler:Marcus gets "fired" from his job with idealistic "perfect senator" Joseph Noss and gives up on "his little fantasy of democratic change" and on trying to work within the system altogether. It is unknown whether Joe Noss won the election in the end, and he gets dumped by Ange (although they re-unite and get back together in the Epilogue).]]
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* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding]]: BittersweetEnding: ''Homeland'' ends up taking this path. [[spoiler:Marcus gets "fired" from his job with idealistic "perfect senator" Joseph Noss and gives up on "his little fantasy of democratic change" and on trying to work within the system altogether. It is unknown whether Joe Noss won the election in the end, and he gets dumped by Ange (although they re-unite and get back together in the Epilogue).]]
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''Little Brother'', and its sequel ''Homeland'' and ''Lawful Interception'', are PostCyberPunk novels by Creator/CoryDoctorow. They follow the story of Marcus Yallow, a high school student who forms [[LaResistance a movement]] against the San Francisco [[PoliceState Department of Homeland Security]] [[ItsPersonal for kidnapping his best friend]].
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''Little Brother'', and its sequel sequels ''Homeland'' and ''Lawful Interception'', are PostCyberPunk novels by Creator/CoryDoctorow. They follow the story of Marcus Yallow, a high school student who forms [[LaResistance a movement]] against the San Francisco [[PoliceState Department of Homeland Security]] [[ItsPersonal for kidnapping his best friend]].
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* AdultsAreUseless: Invoked: "DON'T TRUST ANYONE OVER 25". This is actually a ShoutOut to a hippie slogan, which was [[ConversationalTroping discussed within the novel]].
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* AdultsAreUseless: AdultsAreUseless:
** Invoked: "DON'T TRUST ANYONE OVER 25". This is actually a ShoutOut to a hippie slogan, which was [[ConversationalTroping discussed within the novel]].
** Invoked: "DON'T TRUST ANYONE OVER 25". This is actually a ShoutOut to a hippie slogan, which was [[ConversationalTroping discussed within the novel]].
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*** Also in RealLife there are shitloads of people over 25 who would have heard of that, for the simple fact that they go on the same sites and feel the same way.
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* AuthorAppeal: To the point of [[{{Anvilicious}} anvilice]]. Lampshaded in the introduction.
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* AuthorAppeal: AuthorAppeal:
** To the point of [[{{Anvilicious}} anvilice]]. Lampshaded in the introduction.
** To the point of [[{{Anvilicious}} anvilice]]. Lampshaded in the introduction.
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* BigBad: ''Little Brother'' has the entirety of the DHS, or more specifically, [[spoiler: Carrie Johnstone]].
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* BigBad: BigBad:
** ''Little Brother'' has the entirety of the DHS, or more specifically, [[spoiler: Carrie Johnstone]].
** ''Little Brother'' has the entirety of the DHS, or more specifically, [[spoiler: Carrie Johnstone]].
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* ConversationalTroping: The social studies class is basically this.
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* ConversationalTroping: ConversationalTroping:
** The social studies class is basically this.
** The social studies class is basically this.
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* EnhancedInterrogationTechniques: Several, including Waterboarding and LyingToThePerp, are used by the [[PoliceState Department of Homeland Security]].
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* EnhancedInterrogationTechniques: Several, including Waterboarding waterboarding and LyingToThePerp, are used by the [[PoliceState Department of Homeland Security]].
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* KarmaHoudini: Most of the people behind or involved in the detentions.
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* KarmaHoudini: KarmaHoudini:
** Most of the people behind or involved in the detentions.
** Most of the people behind or involved in the detentions.
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* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: The Xnet seems to be based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(network) Tor]].
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* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: NoCommunitiesWereHarmed:
** The Xnet seems to be based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(network) Tor]].
** The Xnet seems to be based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(network) Tor]].
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* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: [[spoiler: Two social studies teachers, on very opposite sides of the political spectrum]].
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* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher:
** [[spoiler: Two social studies teachers, on very opposite sides of the political spectrum]].
** [[spoiler: Two social studies teachers, on very opposite sides of the political spectrum]].
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Though never explicitly stated, ''Little Brother'' is supposed to take place a few years into the future (as of 2008, when it was published). As the author noted in an interview, 95% of the technology in the book already exists, and the other 5% could be developed within five years.
** ''Homeland'' makes reference to issues very relevant as of its release (early 2013), with political commentary that tends to be critical of [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama a "progressive" president that allows torture and illegal imprisonment.]]
** ''Homeland'' makes reference to issues very relevant as of its release (early 2013), with political commentary that tends to be critical of [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama a "progressive" president that allows torture and illegal imprisonment.]]
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture:
** Though never explicitly stated, ''Little Brother'' is supposed to take place a few years into the future (as of 2008, when it was published). As the author noted in an interview, 95% of the technology in the book already exists, and the other 5% could be developed within five years.
** ''Homeland'' makes reference to issues very relevant as of its release (early 2013), with political commentary that tends to be critical of [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama a "progressive" presidentthat who allows torture and illegal unlawful imprisonment.]]
** Though never explicitly stated, ''Little Brother'' is supposed to take place a few years into the future (as of 2008, when it was published). As the author noted in an interview, 95% of the technology in the book already exists, and the other 5% could be developed within five years.
** ''Homeland'' makes reference to issues very relevant as of its release (early 2013), with political commentary that tends to be critical of [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama a "progressive" president
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[spoiler: Marcus gets away with lots of terrorism-related charges]] at the end of ''Little Brother'', [[spoiler: but gets sentenced for stealing a mobile phone]].
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[spoiler: Marcus gets away with lots of terrorism-related charges]] at the end of ''Little Brother'', [[spoiler: but gets sentenced for stealing a mobile phone]].phone. From the woman who kidnapped and tortured him. Repeatedly]].
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* DoesThisRemindYouofAnything?: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Immigration_Station,_Angel_Island Angel Island]], another island in the San Francisco Bay, served as detention center for Asian immigrants. Immigrants were usually jailed for '''years'''. In the book, it is implied that Marcus is the only Caucasian detained by DHS.
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* DoesThisRemindYouofAnything?: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Immigration_Station,_Angel_Island Angel Island]], another island in the San Francisco Bay, served as detention center for Asian immigrants. Immigrants were usually jailed for '''years'''. In the book, it is implied that Marcus is the only Caucasian detained by DHS.
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* BrokenAesop: So, in order to combat the government invading people's privacy, Marcus uses hacking, a skill-set that's primarily used for... privacy invasion.
