Radicalized

Four novellas elaborating on the fears and horrors of today and the near future. Each story takes a contemporary topic, gives it a personal perspective, and draws it out to a scary yet realistic conclusion. I saw Doctorow on a tour of libraries he did five or so years ago. He's an excellent speaker and has his finger on the pulse on the problems of modern society like social injustice, insurance, and the fear of the apocalypse. It's an excellent collection, told in a sort of journalistic style, and his extrapolations are horrifying in their realism.

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