Instructions: 1. Read the theme description. 2. Select a book that ties to the theme. You can use the hint list provided or choose a book not included on the list, as long as it fits with the theme. 4. Enjoy your book! 5. Participate in the discussion about this theme on the Goodreads page through January 31st.
Theme description: Technology is truly wonderful. It connects us, makes our lives easier, brainwashes us into subservience…wait, what? With this theme, we will explore the dark side of technology and its implications for future generations.
Hint List: Fiction "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood "Need" by Joelle Charbonneau "Feed" by Mira Grant "Altered Carbon" by Richard Morgan "Infomocracy" by Malka Older "The Dark Net" by Benjamin Percy "Daemon" by Daniel Suarez "The Feed" by Nick Clark Windo Non-fiction "Thinking Machines" by Luke Dormehl "Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked" by Adam Alter "iDisorder: Understanding Our Dependency on Technology and Overcoming our Addiction" by Larry Rosen "You are Not a Gadget" by Jaron Lanier "Against the Machine" by Lee Siegel
1. Read the theme description.
2. Select a book that ties to the theme. You can use the hint list provided or choose a book not included on the list, as long as it fits with the theme.
4. Enjoy your book!
5. Participate in the discussion about this theme on the Goodreads page through January 31st.
Theme description: Technology is truly wonderful. It connects us, makes our lives easier, brainwashes us into subservience…wait, what? With this theme, we will explore the dark side of technology and its implications for future generations.
Hint List:
Fiction
"Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood
"Need" by Joelle Charbonneau
"Feed" by Mira Grant
"Altered Carbon" by Richard Morgan
"Infomocracy" by Malka Older
"The Dark Net" by Benjamin Percy
"Daemon" by Daniel Suarez
"The Feed" by Nick Clark Windo
Non-fiction
"Thinking Machines" by Luke Dormehl
"Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked" by Adam Alter
"iDisorder: Understanding Our Dependency on Technology and Overcoming our Addiction" by Larry Rosen
"You are Not a Gadget" by Jaron Lanier
"Against the Machine" by Lee Siegel