Review: Interesting on many levels
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2014
Strobe Witherspoon's "furtl" is a near-future technopolitical dystopian satire with tie-ins to current events... and the book has the potential to be prophetic. Set in 2026, the book follows the dying American tech company, furtl, as a Chinese company takes over the market. In an effort to quell the Chinese company's take over, furtl lobbies the government to ban Holospace technology -- and the government requests user information in return. As a reader, lots of words came to mind while reading: NSA, wikileaks, Snowden, National Defense Authorization Act, Bradley Manning, and more. No matter what side of the whole privacy-vs-safety thing you're on, "furtl" will make you think. Furthermore, it will entertain you... and it WILL make you laugh. Recommended!