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Zusatztext “If you’ve ever written anything unwise on the Internet or felt that social media is just too dominant in our lives! this will appeal to you.Partially an angry polemic against the way technology has shaped our worldview!but mostly a very clever social satire! Haterz is a technological thriller that actually understands how the World Wide Web has changed people. Funny! clever and shocking! this book! somewhat ironically!deserves to go viral.” Informationen zum Autor James Goss has written three Torchwood novels, a Doctor Who novel and two radio plays. He won best audiobook 2010 and his books Dead of Winter and First Born were both nominated for the 2012 British Fantasy Awards. Author website: euston.blogspot.com Twitter:@gossjam Klappentext CATALOGED FROM VENDOR RECORD. SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Zusammenfassung ‘I’m not saying the internet made me kill, but it certainly helped.’ Is there someone online who really grates on you? That friend who’s always bragging about their awesome life and endlessly sharing tired memes, and who just doesn’t get jokes? Look at your Twitter feed: don’t you get cross at the endless rage, the thoughtless bigotry and the pleading for celebrity retweets? Meet Dave, a street fundraiser and fan of cat pictures. He’s decided that unfollowing just isn’t enough. He’s determined to make the internet a nicer place, whatever it takes. When he killed his best friend’s girlfriend, he wasn’t planning on changing the world. She was just really annoying on Facebook. But someone saw, and made him an offer. Someone who knows what he’s capable of, and wants to use him to take control of the darkness at the heart of the internet. And now the bodies – the comment trolls, the sexual predators, the obnoxious pop stars – are starting to mount up...
