Book One of the Centenal Cycle (The Centenal Cycle (1))
by Malka Older
Recommended by Daniel Pink and Josh Felser
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Infomocracy reads like a political technothriller built around a tight, high-stakes election in a world where a search-engine conglomerate has reorganized global governance into microdemocracies. what works best is sharp: brisk plotting, speculative worldbuilding about corporate-run voting, and scenes that force you to weigh information control against civic choice. The main limitation is occasional explanatory bulk—background and institutional detail pile up—and a tone that leans toward conceptual cleverness over deep character work, which may leave readers wanting more emotional stakes.
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It's been twenty years and two election cycles since Information, a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring nationstates to global microdemocracy. The corporate coalition party Heritage has won the last two elections. With another election on the horizon, the Supermajority is in tight contention, and everything's on the...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Politics, and Science Fiction.
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