Doctorow not for Everyone.

The society of the future in this book is called the "Bitchun" society. 

It's a first novel, and it shows.

The world building is weak, and the characters lack motivation and then it ends. 

I tried Little Brother and put it down. Tried this one and finished it feeling empty.

I bought a Chromebook. (ASUS Chromebook C300MA-DB01, 13.3-Inch)

I use this for getting on the internet, and it has not let me down.

For the most part.

I use it all the time at home, since I bought it as a cheap replacement for a Kindle Fire and I hated that there was no way to key in things without that touch-screen keyboard.

The thing is I am not that tech smart and I was trying to log it onto the secure network at school. It wouldn't long on. There's an unsecure network but it wouldn't open any pages though it showed it as logged on.  It could be me, but I couldn't log on and that was a pain.

I still like it, even with the learning curve from moving from a windows machine and the Fire -- it is a strange amalgamation of the two. Definitely worth it for the price.

The Ringworld Graphic Novel: Book One

So Ringworld was one of those "Classic" science fiction books I knew I should have already read if I want to claim any sort of expertise in the genre (Note, apparently I hate science fiction -- but that's a discussion for another time). Anyways, I say this book on my library's shelf for new graphic novels. I was excited. I get credit for reading the book, and it's a picture book so it's like there's less work.

But here's the thing. In small print on the cover, it's only part one, and I can't find part two.
This isn't fun because the whole book was just build-up. It was like the first Hobbit movie where the whole the thing is getting the clan together for a quest and then there is...

Hold on, you have to wait for book two.

I don't know who the audience for this book is -- people who have read the book, and want to relive it, or people like me who have never read it.