Talk:Little Brother (Cory Doctorow novel)

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[edit] Science fiction?

It is a book by Cory Doctorow, yes, but in what way is it science fiction? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.121.52.66 (talk) 15:06, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Erm... because they use science (well, computers)? I don't get it myself. 71.13.209.105 (talk) 20:42, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
For the record, the Library of Congress has assigned the following subject headings to the work:
       * Terrorism -- Fiction.
       * Computer hackers -- Fiction.
       * Civil rights -- Fiction.
       * Counterculture -- Fiction.
       * United States. -- Dept. of Homeland Security -- Fiction.
       * San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
-- Quartermaster (talk) 09:32, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Since when are books of the "near future" *not* considered science fiction? How far in the future does a story have to be set?Sherrold (talk) 02:05, 7 June 2008 (UTC)