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The Editors (novel)
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The Editors is a 2024 suspense novel by American author Stephen Harrison, inspired by . Plot The novel is set in a fictional world where an online encyclopedia called Infopendium exists. Set in the early days of a pandemic, the novel examines the challenges of describing what is happening in the world in a neutral, non-biased, fashion in the online encyclopedia that is read by millions of people daily. There are some bad actors, involved in paying for inserting particular points of view in the encyclopedia. Reception Taylor Lorenz, technology columnist at The Washington Post called the book "A strikingly relevant and compelling suspense novel". Richard Cooke wrote in The Monthly that it is "an enthralling, ambitious and sharply observed contemporary thriller - no citation needed", while The BookLife Prize described it as "a timely and entertaining thriller that confronts the perils of misinformation on the eve of a pandemic." Walt Hickey of Numlock wrote that the novel is a "really, really fun read". Sharing the sentiment of Hickey and Katy Trail Weekly, GeekDad praised the book in its review, considering it a "gripping" read that is "really fascinating" and "makes for a revealing peek behind the curtain" of how the real-life works in terms of the "revision history" tab and behind-the-scenes discussions that shape how the site runs. Genre The novel is a suspense or thriller novel, Author Stephen Harrison attended Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and was the recipient of a Howard Nemerov writing scholarship. He is a tech journalist and tech lawyer from Texas. The Editors is his first novel, but he has also written non-fiction pieces on other topics for Slate magazine about , and the novel is based in part on his experience covering . In a chapter written for the essay collection ' (2020), Harrison wrote of a "need for media to play a larger role in improving the general public's ' literacy'... Encouraging critical readership of and helping to increase diversity among its editorship will ensure greater public oversight over the digital age's preeminent source of knowledge". 
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