The Rapture of the Nerds

The Rapture of the Nerds
	First US edition cover
Author	Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Published	Tor Books
Publication date	2012
Publication place	US
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

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 the conclusion, when it "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. 17 May 2010. 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. 8 September 2012. 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

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[1] "Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross team up for "Rapture of the Nerds"". io9. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

[2] "Rapture of the Nerds". craphound.com. Cory Doctorow. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[3] "Rapture of the Nerds" (PDF). craphound.com. Cory Doctorow. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[4] "Stross and Doctorow Collaborate on Singularity Novel". Forbes. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

[5] "Stross fans happy, Doctorow fans less so in collaboration". Winnipeg Free Press. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

[6] "Review: The Rapture of the Nerds". Quill & Quire. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

[7] "You Don't Have To Be A 'Nerd,' But It Helps". NPR. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

[8] "Review: Rapture of the Nerds". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

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v t e 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) Walkaway (2017) Red Team Blues (2023) The Lost Cause (2023) The Bezzle (2024)
Young adult novels	Little Brother (2008) For the Win (2010) Pirate Cinema (2012) Homeland (2013) Attack Surface (2020)
Graphic novels	Cory Doctorow’s Futuristic Tales Of The Here And Now (2008) In Real Life (2014)
Short story collections	A Place So Foreign and Eight More (2003) Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present (2007) With a Little Help (2010) The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (2011) Radicalized (2019)
Non-fiction	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction (2001) Content (2008) Context (2011) All Complex Ecosystems Have Parasites (2014) Information Doesn't Want to Be Free (2014)
Other	Boing Boing Whuffie

v t e Bibliography of Charles Stross
Eschaton	Singularity Sky (2003) Iron Sunrise (2004)
The Laundry Files	The Atrocity Archives (2004) The Jennifer Morgue (2006) The Fuller Memorandum (2010) The Apocalypse Codex (2012) The Rhesus Chart (2014) The Annihilation Score (2015) The Nightmare Stacks (2016) The Delirium Brief (2017) The Labyrinth Index (2018) Dead Lies Dreaming (2020)
The Merchant Princes	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) Empire Games (2017) Dark State (2018) Invisible Sun (2021)
Halting State	Halting State (2007) Rule 34 (2011)
Saturn's Children	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)