Talk:The Circle (Eggers novel)

Expanding reception section

I added three sources that detail a more complex reception of the novel in regard to a charge of plagiarism by Kate Losse, author of "The Boy Kings." Once such article previously existed in the talk page. While Eggers denies ever reading Losse's book, the accusation and the similarities between the two books were widely publicized leading up to the release of the novel. Will adding this information to the reception section give a more accurate picture of the coverage and reviews of the novel? Jayebird6 (talk) 01:33, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Sources for expansion

• Atwood, Margaret. 2013. "When Privacy Is Theft." The New York Review of Books, November 21.
• Bankoff, Caroline. 2013. "Dave Eggers’s Story Is The New York Times Magazine’s First Fiction Cover." Vulture, September 28.
• Barabási, Albert-László. 2014. "Bordering Fiction." Science 343 (6169): 372–372. (subscription required)
• Berman, Dennis K. 2013. "Dave Eggers’s ‘The Circle’ Takes Vengeance on Google, Facebook." The Wall Street Journal, September 17, sec. Business.
• Bosman, Julie, and Claire Cain Miller. 2013. "A Novel Prompts a Conversation About How We Use Technology." The New York Times, October 10.
• Brin, David. 2014. "'The Circle?' - Watching the Watchers of the Watchers. Contrary Brin. September 27.
• Charles, Ron. 2013. "Dave Eggers’s ‘The Circle’ Is a Relentless Broadside against Social Media Overload." The Washington Post.
• Christensen, Lauren. 2013. "Book Review: The Circle, Dave Eggers’s Chilling, New Allegory of Silicon Valley." Vanity Fair. October 9.
• "The Circle." Publishers Weekly 260 (48): 49–49. 2013.
• "The Circle in the Press." LibraryThing.
• De Turenne, Veronique. 2013. "The Circle." Christian Science Monitor, October 10.
• Docx, Edward. 2015. "The Circle by Dave Eggers – Review." The Guardian.
• Dodes, Rachel. 2013. "Spike Jonze on Scarlett Johansson and 'Her'." Wall Street Journal 262 (140): D4.
• Eggers, Dave. 2013a. "A Brief Q&A with Dave Eggers About His New Novel, The Circle." McSweeney’s.
• Eggers, Dave. 2013b "We Like You So Much and Want to Know You Better." The New York Times, September 28, sec. Magazine.
• Elkington, John. 2014. "Shark Tale Offers Warning for Future." Director 67 (7): 28–28.
• "Everything Everywhere." 2013. The Economist 409 (8857): 100.
• "Facial-Expression Book Reviews." 2013. Esquire 160 (5): 44.
• Filgate, Michele. 2013. "Dave Eggers Made Me Quit Twitter". Salon.
• "Germany’s Googlephobia: Closing the Circle." The Economist, September 6, 2014.
• Gordon, Edmund. 2013. "The Circle by Dave Eggers." The Sunday Times, October 13.
• Graff, Keir. 2013. "The Circle." Booklist 110 (4): 15–15.
• Grossman, Lev. 2013. "Dave Eggers’ Scathing Attack on Social Media." Time 182 (16): 53, October 2.
• Gutierrez, Claire. 2013. "Behind the Cover Story: Dave Eggers on Imagining the Future World of Over-Sharing." The 6th Floor Blog. The New York Times, September 28.
• Haq, Husna. 2013. "Former Facebook employee says Dave Eggers copied her memoir in his new novel." Christian Science Monitor, October 2. Jayebird6 (talk) 01:11, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
• Henderson, Jane. 2013a. "Dave Eggers on Our Heartbreaking, Breakneck Online World". St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 13.
• Henderson, Jane. 2013b. "Best Books: 2013 Offered a Great Ride for Readers." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 8.
• John, Arit. 2013. "Dave Eggers Says He's Never Even Heard of the Book He Supposedly Plagiarized." The Atlantic, October 2. Jayebird6 (talk) 01:11, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
• John, Arit. 2013. "Read Dave Eggers’ New Novel in This Week’s New York Times Magazine." The Wire, September 27.
• "Join the New Future Tense Book Club to Discuss Dave Eggers’ The Circle." Slate, November 8, 2013.
• Kakutani, Michiko. 2013. "‘The Circle,’ Dave Eggers’s New Novel." The New York Times, October 3, sec. Books.
• Kelley, Claire. 2013. "The Meta-Narrative of Dave Eggers’ and Kate Losse’s Books about Female Experience at Powerful Internet Companies." MobyLives. Melville House. October 4.
• Kellogg, Carolyn. 2015. "Trapped in the Web with Dave Eggers’ ‘The Circle’". Los Angeles Times.
• Kolakowski, Nick. 2013. "Dave Eggers’ ‘The Circle’: Dangers of an Overconnected World." Dice News, October 11.
• Konstantinou, Lee. 2013. "Dave Eggers Is Worried about America." American Prospect 24 (6): 7–10. October 30.
• Linklater, Alexander. 2013. "The Circle by Dave Eggers." The Guardian, October 12.
• Luthi, Susannah. 2013. "Brainwash, Condition, Repeat: Dave Eggers’s ‘The Circle." The Los Angeles Review of Books, November 27.
• McMillan, Graeme. 2014a. "Her vs. The Circle: The Dangers of Trying to Remain Plugged In." Time, January, 1–1.
• Minzesheimer, Bob. 2013. "In ‘The Circle,’ Eggers Casts a Wide Satirical Net." USA Today. October 8.
• Moore, Fernanda. 2014. "These Rotten Kids Today". Commentary, 137 (1): 61. January 1.
• Morais, Betsy. 2013. "Sharing Is Caring Is Sharing." The New Yorker, October 30.
• Nazaryan, Alexander. 2013. "Digital Dystopia: On Dave Eggers’s ‘The Circle.’" Newsweek Global 161 (38): 1–5.
• Nocera, Joe. 2013. "A World Without Privacy." The New York Times, October 14.
• Noughton, John. 2014. "Forget Orwell and Huxley. Dave Eggers Has Seen the Future." The Guardian, August 30.
• O’Brien, Randy. 2013. "The Circle." AudioFile 22 (4): 31–31.
• Pantuso, Phillip. 2014. "Every Minute of The Day, Recorded." Popular Mechanics 191 (6): 29.
• Quinn, Annalisa. 2013. "Author Says Dave Eggers' New Book Rips Off Her Work." NPR, October 1. Jayebird6 (talk) 01:11, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
• Roberts, Daniel. 2013. "Fictional Fears of an All-Powerful Tech Giant." Fortune, October 1.
• Sacks, Sam. 2013. "Book Review: ‘The Circle,’ by Dave Eggers." Wall Street Journal, October 7, sec. Life and Style.
• Salmon, Felix. 2013. "How Dave Eggers Gets Silicon Valley Wrong." Reuters, September 30.
• Saricks, Joyce. 2014. "The Circle." Booklist 110 (11): 36–36.
• Schwartz, Ana. 2013. "The Novel and the Network: A Review of Dave Eggers’s The Circle." Penn & Beyond, December 17.
• Smith, Russell. 2015. "Why the Hipsters Have Finally Turned on Writer Dave Eggers." The Globe and Mail. Accessed February 16.
• Stevenson, Seth. 2013. "Book Review: The Circle by Dave Eggers." Businessweek, October 3.
• Stevenson, Talitha. 2013. "Dave Eggers' new thriller: Beware of the IT crowd." New Statesman 142 (5180): 44–45. October 24.
• "Superstar Season: Fall’s Biggest Books." Rolling Stone, 1193: 18. October 2013.
• Ullman, Ellen. 2013. "Ring of Power". The New York Times, November 1, sec. Books / Sunday Book Review.
• Warnica, Richard. 2013. "Dave Eggers pulls it off — mostly." Maclean’s 126 (42): 66.
• Webb, Kate. 2013. "Infernal Desiring Machines." The Times Literary Supplement, 5774: 25. November 29.
• Winter, Jessica. 2013. "All That Happens Must Be Known." Slate, October 3.

Publisher hyperlink directs to wrong page

The publisher name on the side links to a person and not the company — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.53.33.236 (talk) 02:46, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Re: Book ban

Wonder why some want to ban the book? Seems OK to me. 2601:152:4F80:FC80:1C6C:FA71:1D54:50B5 (talk) 01:50, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

It’s discussed by the author here. There was presumably a sex scene, and a group known as "Family Heritage Alliance Action" tried to ban it. The IRS has yet to crackdown on these ad hoc groups using charitable, educational charity exemptions to engage in political lobbying, often with dark money slush funds connected to religious and political interests. These tax loopholes are used by special interest groups to fight culture wars in the US with the intent of weakening democracy, eliminating pluralism, and promoting Christian nationalism and free market fundamentalism, very often a fusion of the two, which is commonly referred to as "Supply Side Jesus". Until the US government and the IRS put a stop to this, it will continue to occur. For the most part, this is the primary tactic of right wing conservatives in the US, who are funded by oil companies to engage in anti-democratic lobbying. I have often argued that the US has been suffering from the resource curse since the 1980s, as oil companies seek to avoid regulation and a transition to a renewable energy economy, and use culture wars (such as book banning) to distract the public. The synopsis section in the article of Bad Faith (film) explains how this works in some depth. It is widely known and acknowledged but the US government has been captured by special interests in such a way that makes reform difficult. Viriditas (talk) 02:09, 10 August 2024 (UTC)