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Victorian Science FictionClassic Fantasy

Eastern Standard Tribe

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  • 2004 first published
  • 223 pages
  • ★ 3.6 (7 ratings)
  • 11 editions
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Cory Doctorow's Eastern Standard Tribe (2004) is a Victorian science fiction and classic fantasy novel. The story is set in Europe. Readers will find themes of secret societies, sleep-wake cycle, Time and young men.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, and 9 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 11 editions. On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 883 times in the last 30 days.

It runs to roughly 223 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace. It is in the public domain in the United States and free to read on Project Gutenberg.

About Eastern Standard Tribe

Art is a member of the Eastern Standard Tribe, a secret society bound together by a sleep schedule. Around the world, those who wake and sleep on East Coast time find common cause with one another, cooperating, conspiring, to help each other out, coordinated by a global network of Wi-Fi, instant messaging, ubiquitous computing, and a shared love of Manhattan-style bagels. Or perhaps not. Art is, after all, in the nuthouse. He was put there by a conspiracy of his friends and loved ones, fellow travelers from EST hidden in the bowels of Greenwich Mean Time, spies masquerading as management consultants who strive to mire Europe in oatmeal-thick bureaucracy. Eastern Standard Tribe is a story of madness and betrayal, of society after the End of Geography, of the intangible factors that define us as a species, as a tribe, as individuals. Scathing, bitter, and funny, EST examines the immutable truths of time, of sunrise and sunset of societies smashed and rebuilt in the storm of instant, ubiquitous communication.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Subjects

  • Secret societies
  • Sleep-wake cycle
  • Time
  • Young men
  • Systems and standards
  • Conspiracies
  • Americans
  • Business consultants
  • Science fiction
  • Bildungsromans
  • Europe
  • Americans, Europe
  • Time, Systems and standards

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Quick answers

Who wrote Eastern Standard Tribe?

Eastern Standard Tribe was written by Cory Doctorow and first published in 2004.

What genre is Eastern Standard Tribe?

It is usually shelved as Victorian Science Fiction and Classic Fantasy.

How long is Eastern Standard Tribe?

The median edition has 223 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

Is Eastern Standard Tribe free to read?

Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

What books are similar to Eastern Standard Tribe?

Readers who like it often enjoy A Dangerous Man, Black Order and The Lost Symbol.

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