The Rapture of the Nerds

The Rapture of the Nerds
First US edition cover
Author	Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross
Country	USA
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Published	2012 (Tor Books)
Media type	Print (Hardcover), ebook
Pages	349
ISBN	978-0-765-32910-3

The Rapture of the Nerds is a 2012 novel by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross.^[1] It was released on September 4, 2012 through Tor Books and as an ebook, DRM free, under the CC BY-NC-ND.^[2] The book can also be downloaded for free.^[3]

Synopsis

The novel is a fixup of two novellas, "Jury Duty" and "Appeals Court", along with a new third section, "Parole Board". The book, set in the late 21st century, takes a generally comic look at the technological singularity through the eyes of Huw, a technophobic member of a "Tech Jury Service" tasked with determining the value of various technological innovations and deciding whether to release them.^[4]

Reception

Stross and Doctorow read from the book at Makerbot's former Brooklyn factory on Dean street in 2012.

Critical reception for The Rapture of the Nerds was mixed to positive,^[5] with the book gaining a positive review from Quill & Quire.^[6] NPR and Kirkus Reviews both gave mixed reviews, with NPR stating that when the conclusion "finally comes, feels like a simulation of a satisfying conclusion rather than the real thing".^[7]^[8]

References

↑ "Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross team up for "Rapture of the Nerds"". io9. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
↑ "Rapture of the Nerds". craphound.com. Cory Doctorow. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ "Rapture of the Nerds" (PDF). craphound.com. Cory Doctorow. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ "Stross and Doctorow Collaborate on Singularity Novel". Forbes. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
↑ "Stross fans happy, Doctorow fans less so in collaboration". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
↑ "Review: The Rapture of the Nerds". Quill & Quire. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
↑ "You Don't Have To Be A 'Nerd,' But It Helps". NPR. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
↑ "Review: Rapture of the Nerds". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

External links

Official Book Page on Cory Doctorow's website
Online Version of the book

Cory Doctorow

Novels	Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (2003) Eastern Standard Tribe (2004) Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town (2005) Makers (2009) The Rapture of the Nerds (2012) (with Charles Stross)

Young-adult novels	Little Brother (2008) For the Win (2010) Pirate Cinema (2012) Homeland (2013)

Short story collections	A Place So Foreign and Eight More (2003) Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present (2007) With a Little Help (2010)

Non-fiction	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction (2001) Content (2008) Context (2011) Information Doesn't Want to Be Free (2014)

Other	Boing Boing Whuffie /usr/bin/god (canceled)

Bibliography of Charles Stross

Eschaton series	Singularity Sky (2003) Iron Sunrise (2004)

Laundry series	The Atrocity Archives (2004) The Jennifer Morgue (2006) The Fuller Memorandum (2010) The Apocalypse Codex (2012) The Rhesus Chart (2014) The Annihilation Score (2015)

Merchant Princes series	The Family Trade (2004) The Hidden Family (2005) The Clan Corporate (2006) The Merchants' War (2007) The Revolution Business (2009) The Trade of Queens (2010)

Halting State series	Halting State (2007) Rule 34 (2011)

Saturn's Children series	Saturn's Children (2008) Neptune's Brood (2013)

Other fiction	"A Colder War" (2000) Toast: And Other Rusted Futures (2002) Accelerando (2005) Glasshouse (2006) "Missile Gap" (2007) Wireless: The Essential Charles Stross (2009) "Palimpsest" (2009) The Rapture of the Nerds (2012) (with Cory Doctorow)

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