The Circle Resources

Follow this link for a handy summary of Dave Eggers' publications, awards, and activities.

Take a look at that cast, folks.

Check out Betsy Morais' review of The Circle in The New Yorker for some great background information about real-life developments that may have inspired themes and events in the novel.

This sweeping review of The Circle by Margaret Atwood is well worth the time it'll take you to read it.

Graeme McMillan, writing for Wired, isn't a fan of The Circle. Read his review of the novel to hear some tech-savvy points raised against Dave Eggers' dystopian creation.

Want to dig deeper into the controversy that greeted The Circle when Kate Losse argued that Dave Eggers had stolen the plot of her Facebook tell-all, Boy Kings?

Want a handy summary of some of the other negative responses that preceded and then followed The Circle's publication? Russell Smith's take in The Globe and Mail will help you out.

Ellen Ullman sure gives a "frown" to Eggers in this review.

Edward Docx's way-less-snarky review of The Circle makes a great point of comparison to the thoughts that Ellen Ullman published in The New York Times.

This short McSweeney's article will give you some good insight into the Silicon Valley cultures that Dave Eggers had in mind as he penned The Circle.

Want to see Dave Eggers interviewed by America's favorite ginger comedian? Sorry, Carrot Top, we don't mean you.

Want to spend a lunch hour listening to parts of The Circle read out loud? Reader Don Graham makes more than one of the novel's characters sound a whole lot like Keanu Reeves, and you know you don't want to miss that.

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Author photo, anyone?