The Rapture of the Nerds is a 2012 novel by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross.

[1] It was released on September 4, 2012 through Tor Books and as an ebook, DRM free, under the CC BY-NC-ND.

[3] The novel is a fixup of two novellas, "Jury Duty" and "Appeals Court", along with a new third section, "Parole Board".

The book, set in the late 21st century, takes a generally comic look at the technological singularity through the eyes of Huw, a technophobic member of a "Tech Jury Service" tasked with determining the value of various technological innovations and deciding whether to release them.

[6] NPR and Kirkus Reviews both gave mixed reviews, with NPR stating that the conclusion, when it "finally comes, feels like a simulation of a satisfying conclusion rather than the real thing".