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WWW Robert J. Sawyer · 2010 · ★ 3.3 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Blind from birth, Caitlin Decter received the gift of sight from a signal-processing retinal implant. But she can also "see" the digital data streams of the World Wide Web and a presence that lives within it. As Webmind works with Caitlin to understand her world, a secret government agency becomes aware of this new "intruder." Shares: World Wide Web, National Security, Artificial Intelligence

Synners Pat Cadigan · 1991 · ★ 3.5 · 441p · ≈ 14h · Moderate In Synners, the line between technology and humanity is hopelessly slim. A constant stream of new technology spawns crime before it hits the streets; the human mind and the external landscape have fused to the point where any encounter with "reality" is incidental. Shares: Computer hackers, Hackers

The Hanged Man's Song John Sandford · 2003 · ★ 4.4 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A superhacker friend of Kidd's named Bobby suddenly disapears from cyberspace, and Kidd knows that isn't a good sign. Shares: Computer hackers, Hackers

WWW Robert J. Sawyer · 2009 · ★ 3.9 · 370p · ≈ 12h · Moderate One of the foremost science fiction writers of our generation(SF Site) comes to Ace with a trilogy of the Webs awakening.Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at mathand blind. Still, she can surf the net with the best of them, following its complex paths clearly in her mind. But Caitlins brain long ago co-opted her primary visual cortex to help her navigate online. So when she… Shares: World Wide Web, Artificial Intelligence

Fatal System Error Joseph Menn · 2010 · ★ 3.4 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In this disquieting cyber thriller, Joseph Menn takes readers into the murky hacker underground, traveling the globe from San Francisco to Costa Rica and London to Russia. His guides are California surfer and computer whiz Barrett Lyon and a fearless British high-tech agent. Through these heroes, Menn shows the evolution of cyber-crime from small-time thieving to sophisticated, organized gangs,… Shares: Computer hackers, Hackers

Flickan som lekte med elden Stieg Larsson · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 631p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Mikael Blomkvist på Millennium har fått korn på ett hett nyhetsstoff. Journalisten Dag Svensson och hans sambo Mia Bergman har hittat avslöjande uppgifter om en omfattande sexhandel mellan Östeuropa och Sverige. Många av de personer som utpekas i traffickinghärvan har höga positioner i samhället. Samtidigt återvänder Lisbeth Salander till Sverige och händelser i hennes mörka förflutna börjar… Shares: Computer hackers, Hackers

Neuromancer William Gibson · 1984 · ★ 3.9 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The first of William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy, Neuromancer is the classic cyberpunk novel. The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer was the first fully-realized glimpse of humankind’s digital future — a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about our technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever altered the landscape of our… Shares: Computer hackers, Hackers

Hackers Steven Levy · 1984 · ★ 4.0 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Today, technology is cool. Owning the most powerful computer, the latest high-tech gadget, and the whizziest website is a status symbol on a par with having a flashy car or a designer suit. And a media obsessed with the digital explosion has reappropriated the term "computer nerd" so that it's practically synonymous with "entrepreneur." Yet, a mere fifteen years ago, wireheads hooked on tweaking… Shares: Computer hackers, Hackers

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