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Offline The E

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Scariest book I've read in a loooooooong time
on: July 29, 2011, 03:25:39 pm
Rule 34, by Charles Stross.

A novel about crime-fighting in a near future that is on its way to being a panopticon surveillance society, with the added fallout from the latest recession, spamming, and behavioural targeting. Read it. It is awesome. And truly, truly scary.
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Re: Scariest book I've read in a loooooooong time
Reply #1 on: July 29, 2011, 09:23:13 pm
Wait...

Quote from: Amazon
Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh is head of the Rule 34 Squad, monitoring the Internet to determine whether people are engaging in harmless fantasies or illegal activities.

It's about internet porn police?
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Re: Scariest book I've read in a loooooooong time
Reply #2 on: July 29, 2011, 10:47:24 pm
I can't take it seriously because of the title :(
 

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Re: Scariest book I've read in a loooooooong time
Reply #3 on: July 30, 2011, 01:35:27 am
Quote from: Kopachris on July 29, 2011, 09:23:13 pm
Wait...

Quote from: Amazon
Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh is head of the Rule 34 Squad, monitoring the Internet to determine whether people are engaging in harmless fantasies or illegal activities.

It's about internet porn police?

Not exactly. It's about Police trying to come up with a handle on weird internet stuff spilling over in the real world. Think happy slapping escalated a bit.
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Re: Scariest book I've read in a loooooooong time
Reply #4 on: July 30, 2011, 01:47:42 am
We all know the rules of the Internet. Yeah, even that one about porn. Now substitute porn for murder... yeah, the book is about that and the allusion is intentional.
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