The Doubt Factory, Paolo Bacigalupi
The Doubt Factory, Paolo Bacigalupi
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The Doubt Factory

Author: Paolo Bacigalupi

Narrator: Emma Galvin

Unabridged: 11 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/14/2014

Synopsis

In this contemporary thriller, National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestselling author Paolo Bacigalupi explores the timely issue of how public information is distorted for monetary gain, and how those who exploit it must be stopped.

Everything Alix knows about her life is a lie. At least that's what a mysterious young man who's stalkingher keeps saying. But then she begins investigating the disturbing claims he makes against her father. Could her dad really be at the helm of a firm that distorts the truth and covers up wrongdoing by hugely profitable corporations that have allowed innocent victims to die? Is it possible that her father is the bad guy, and that the undeniably alluring criminal who calls himself Moses--and his radical band of teen activists--is right? Alix has to make a choice, and time is running out, but can she truly risk everything and blow the whistle on the man who loves her and raised her?

About The Author

Paolo Bacigalupi is a Hugo and Nebula Award Winner, and a National Book Award Finalist. He is also a winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, the John W. Campbell Award, and a three-time winner of the Locus Award. His short fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and High Country News. He lives in Western Colorado with his wife and son, where he is working on a new novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Claude's on October 02, 2021

Well that was very disappointing and quite frankly boring in parts. The main character, Alix, was a muppet and there was far too much time spent on thoughts such as "he is a bad guy but so very hot and I am drawn to him even though he kidnapped me but I can't stop thinking about him blah blah blah." I......more

Goodreads review by Althea on October 14, 2014

Recommended for fans of Cory Doctorow's YA fiction. The theme and feel here seriously reminded me more of Doctorow than Bacigalupi. Now, I quite like Doctorow, so that's no insult. It's got hackers, activists, and thoughts on information (and disinformation). But I have to admit - this just wasn't as......more

Goodreads review by Denise on July 17, 2014

I genuinely enjoyed this book filled with intrigue and conspiracy theories! Yes, I received an ARC at BEA, but I think I would have picked it up anyway. This is an unusual tale in the YA world: a story of the back door peddling that works to keep the corporate wheels of profit turning. It starts wit......more

Goodreads review by Munro's on August 29, 2015

I absolutely loved Drowned Cities and Ship Breaker by Bacigalupi, so I was very excited to hear he had a new YA book coming this fall. And while there were many strengths to The Doubt Factory, it didn't blow me away like his previous dystopias. The Doubt Factory is a very educational, well-researched......more

Goodreads review by Rob on January 25, 2015

...What we are left with is a suspenseful novel with occasionally very good characterization. It's a novel with an important message, one that, despite the mechanism being clear for anyone willing to connect the dots, doesn't get nearly enough attention. I enjoyed reading it but after finishing The......more

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