After THE CIRCLE, Try...

The Circle, based on the novel by Dave Eggers, comes to theaters this Friday, starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks. Here are some titles to try either before or after the movie.



BOOKS

• The Circle by Dave Eggers: Try the book first! A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company’s ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. 
• The Private Eye by Brian K. Vaughan: Years after the digital cloud “bursts” and exposes all of our worst secrets, THE PRIVATE EYE is set in an inevitable future where everyone has a secret identity. Following an unlicensed P.I. who is thrust into the most important case of his life, this sci-fi mystery explores the nature of privacy with frightening prescience.
• The Terranauts by T. C. Boyle: As climate change threatens the earth, eight scientists, four men and four women dubbed the “Terranauts,” have been selected to live under glass in E2, a prototype of a possible off-earth colony.
• 1984 by George Orwell: The original novel warning about the dangers of surveillance - Big Brother is watching! 
• Data and Goliath by Bruce Schneier: Learn the truth behind the novels and all about the digital information and surveillance age. 

MOVIES

• Children of Men: In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary. You might also try the novel. 
• Gattaca: A slick science fiction drama in a world where your DNA determines everything about the course of your life, starring Ethan Hawke and Jude Law. 
• Her: Your phone might be watching you...but what if you fell in love with it? This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance.
• The End of the Tour: Directed by James Ponsoldt, the director of The Circle, this is the story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace’s groundbreaking epic novel, Infinite Jest.