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praise for little brother a believable and frightening tale of a near-future san francisco filled with sharp dialogue and detailed descriptions within a tautly crafted fictional framework publishers weekly starred review readers will delight in the details of how marcus attempts to stage a techno-revolution buy multiple copies this book will be h4wt that s `hot for the nonhackers booklist starred review marcus is a wonderfully developed character hyperaware of his surroundings trying to redress past wrongs and rebelling against authority raising pertinent questions and fostering discussion this techno-thriller is an outstanding first purchase school library journal starred review little brother is generally awesome in the more vernacular sense it s pretty freaking cool a fluid instantly ingratiating fiction writer he s also terrific at finding the human aura shimmering around technology los angeles times a wonderful important book i d recommend little brother over pretty much any book i ve read this year and i d want to get it into the hands of as many smart thirteen-year-olds male and female as i can neil gaiman author of sandman and american gods a worthy younger sibling to orwell s nineteen eighty-four cory doctorow s little brother is lively precocious and most importantly a little scary brian k vaughan author of y the last man scarily realistic action-packed with tales of courage technology and demonstrations of digital disobedience as the technophile s civil protest andrew bunnie huang author of hacking the xbox the right book at the right time from the right author and not entirely coincidentally cory doctorow s best novel yet john scalzi author of old man s war i was completely hooked in the first few minutes mitch kapor inventor of lotus 1-2-3 and co-founder of the electronic frontier foundation little brother is a brilliant novel with a bold argument hackers and gamers might just be our country s best hope for the future jane mcgonigal designer of the alternate-reality game i love bees the teenage voice is pitch-perfect i couldn t put it down and i loved it jo walton author of farthing content 2nd gal final.indd 1 7/4/08 9:55:59 am[close]
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read this book you ll learn a great deal about computer security surveillance and how to counter it and the risk of trading off freedom for `security and you ll have fun doing it tim o reilly founder and ceo of o reilly media a rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion as necessary and dangerous as file sharing free speech and bottled water on a plane scott westerfeld author of pretties uglies and extras i can talk about little brother in terms of its bravura political speculation or its brilliant uses of technology each of which make this book a must-read but at the end of it all i m haunted by the universality of marcus s rite-of-passage and struggle an experience any teen today is going to grasp the moment when you choose what your life will mean and how to achieve it steven c gould author of jumper and reflex a worthy younger sibling to orwell s 1984 cory doctorow s little brother is lively precocious and most importantly a little scary brian k vaughan author of y the last man for down and out in the magic kingdom the impressively imagined world of the novel is tricked out in lively prose new york times cory doctorow meshes all of these outlandish ideas into a novel of power and skill his story is told on many levels with a surprising complexity and the perfect touch of humor like all good science fiction doctorow tackles the issues of today tomorrow morality cloning socialism poverty right to die freedom of choice pratfalls of hubris and the cult of celebrity are all explored in what may be the best debut science-fiction novel since neuromancer austin chronicle fast smart fun and flashy cory doctorow s down and out in the magic kingdom is all of the above even when science fiction is based on solid predictions it can demonstrate the pinwheeling pyrotechnics of a first-class fireworks display seattle times it would not be an exaggeration to say that doctorow s work is one of the main reasons i still read science fiction so i looked forward to his first novel with great anticipation the simple verdict it s good a fast funny smart clever book which entertains so well that it s only upon reflection that its surprising sophistication and depths become evident strange horizons doctorow has created a rich and exciting vision of the future and then wrote a page-turner of a story in it i couldn t put the book down bruce schneier author of secrets and lies content 2nd gal final.indd 2 7/4/08 9:56:01 am[close]
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for a place so foreign and 8 more as a political activist gizmo freak junk collector programmer entrepreneur and allaround renaissance geek cory doctorow is a science fiction writer who can really drill down we should all hope and trust that our culture has the guts and moxie to follow this guy he s got a lot to tell us bruce sterling author of schismatrix and the difference engine with william gibson cory doctorow straps on his miner s helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of pop culture here filtered through sf-coloured glasses neil gaiman author of american gods and the sandman a place so foreign and 8 more is the post-cyberpunk iconoclast s much anticipated first collection and it starts with a bang montreal gazette it s a bracing collection of short stories by a canadian writer whose influences range from bruce sterling and rudy rucker to donald barthelme and roald dahl as knowledgeable about computers as he is about flea markets doctorow uses science fiction as a kind of cultural wd-40 loosening hinges and dissolving adhesions to peer into some of society s unlighted corners his best known story `craphound tells of a competitive friendship between two junk collectors one human and one alien what it says about the uses of the past is no more mysterious than the prices paid for a vintage coke bottle or an early barbie doll not every attempt to wrest truth from cliché works but you won t want to miss doctorow s satiric glance at co-opted dissent among the grade-school set or the insidious horror of his updated pinocchio tale new york times achingly funny by relentlessly exposing disenchanted silicon valley dwellers caught in a military-industrial web of khaki money congress-critters and babykiller projects doctorow explores the intersection of social concern and technology publishers weekly time travel made fresh pinocchio made haunting even the tangential ideas incidental word choices and minor sub-stories crackle with creativity if your nerd quotient is high enough the last story will blow you away jeff bezos founder amazon.com for eastern standard tribe utterly contemporary and deeply peculiar a hard combination to beat or these days to find william gibson author neuromancer and spook country content 2nd gal final.indd 3 7/4/08 9:56:01 am[close]
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a satisfying dose of suspense and humor san francisco chronicle doctorow maintains an unrelenting pace many readers will find themselves finishing the novel as i did in a single sitting toronto star at its heart tribe is a witty sometimes acerbic poke in the eye at modern culture everything comes under doctorow s microscope and he manages to be both up to date and off the cuff in the best possible way locus for someone comes to town someone leaves town someone comes to town is a fantastic example of a fairy tale for grownups a weird and wonderful piece of 21st century fantasy alterati a glorious book but there are hundreds of those it is more it is a glorious book unlike any book you ve ever read gene wolfe author of pirate freedom and the book of the new sun doctorow eastern standard tribe treats these and other bizarre images and themes with deadpan wit in this inventive parable about tolerance and acceptance he demonstrates how memorably the outrageous and the everyday can coexist publishers weekly starred review cory doctorow is the apotheosis of what we talk about when we talk about the web sf site i found someone comes to town to be a great celebration of life and a novel that manages to be downright scary at times while still utterly resplendent with hope bookslut magical realism and literary iconoclasm abound in a novel that should appeal to fans of experimental fiction in a near-future setting library journal it s official cory doctorow has become the new neal stephenson or rather he s become the new early-period neal stephenson since stephenson himself has moved away from quirky computer tech-y zippy future-kitsch doctorow began filling the resulting gap with his first novels down and out in the magic kingdom and eastern standard tribe but his latest someone comes to town someone leaves town is his most stephenson-like novel to date all bizarre characters cutting-edge culture and technological lectures swirled into a refreshing compellingly grounded semi-fable the onion a.v club content 2nd gal final.indd 4 7/4/08 9:56:02 am[close]
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doctorow strings together wonderfully witty words into pithy sentences that have no right making as much sense as they do he brings a powerful but lighthearted magic to a world we very much hope resembles the real world agony column for overclocked overclocked stories of the future present is really good story telling good extrapolation on present trends my sysadmins should check out the first story `when sysadmins ruled the earth craig craigslist newmark in these quirky brashly engaged `stories of the future present cory doctorow shows us life from the point-of-view of the plugged-in generation and makes it feel like a totally alien world montreal gazette he has a knack for identifying those seminal trends of our current landscape that will in all likelihood determine the shape of our futures sci fi weekly overclocked is a reminder that we can t hope to keep up and shouldn t bother but we do need to keep alert to keep ourselves caffeinated to run as fast as we can if we hope to stay in the same place getting ahead that s alas a thing of the past npr if you want to glimpse the future of copyright policing video-game sweatshops robotic intelligence info war and how computer geeks will survive the apocalypse then this collection of shorts is your oracle doctorow is rapidly emerging as the william gibson of his generation entertainment weekly each short story is an idea bomb with a candy coating of human drama wrapped in shiny tech tropes and ready to blow your mind overclocked is sf info-warfare ammunition of the highest caliber so load up move out and take no prisoners sfrevu the appealing characters snappy writing and swift pace will surely tempt the younger and/or geekier sections of the sf audience kirkus content 2nd gal final.indd 5 7/4/08 9:56:02 am[close]
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books by cory doctorow nonfiction the complete idiot s guide to publishing science fiction 2000 essential blogging 2002 fiction down and out in the magic kingdom 2003 a place so foreign and 8 more 2003 eastern standard tribe 2004 someone comes to town someone leaves town 2005 overclocked stories of the future present 2007 little brother 2008 there s a great big beautiful tomorrow now is the best time of your life forthcoming content 2nd gal final.indd 8 7/4/08 9:56:03 am[close]
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content selected essays on technology creativity copyright and the future of the future cory doctorow doctorow@craphound.com tachyon publications san francisco content 2nd gal final.indd 9 7/4/08 9:56:15 am[close]
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copyright notice this entire work with the exception of the foreword by john perry barlow is copyright 2008 by cory doctorow and released under the terms of a creative commons u.s attribution-noncommercial-sharealike license http creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us some rights reserved the foreword is copyright 2008 by john perry barlow and released under the terms of a creative commons u.s attribution-noncommercial-sharealike license http creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us some rights reserved content copyright © 2008 by cory doctorow foreword © 2008 by john perry barlow cover design © 2008 by ann monn author photo © 2005 by patrick h lauke aka redux www.splintered.co.uk interior design and composition by john d berry the typeface is chaparral pro designed by carol twombly tachyon publications 1459 18th street #139 san francisco ca 94107 415 285-5615 www.tachyonpublications.com series editor jacob weisman isbn 13 978-1-892391-81-0 isbn 10 1-892391-81-3 printed in the united states if america by worzalla first edition 2008 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 content 2nd gal final.indd 10 7/4/08 9:56:15 am[close]
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foreword © 2008 by john perry barlow original to this collection microsoft research drm talk © 2004 originally given as a talk to microsoft s research group and other interested parties from within the company at their redmond washington offices on june 17 2004 the drm sausage factory © 2007 originally published as a behind-the-scenes look at how drm becomes law informationweek july 11 2007 happy meal toys versus copyright how america chose hollywood and wal-mart and why it s doomed us and how we might survive anyway © 2007 originally published as how hollywood congress and drm are beating up the american economy informationweek june 11 2007 why is hollywood making a sequel to the napster wars © 2007 originally published in informationweek august 14 2007 you do like reading off a computer screen © 2007 originally published in locus march 2007 how do you protect artists © 2007 originally published as online censorship hurts us all the guardian october 2 2007 it s the information economy stupid © 2007 originally published as free data sharing is here to stay the guardian september 18 2007 downloads give amazon jungle fever © 2007 originally published in the guardian december 11 2007 what s the most important right creators have © 2007 originally published as how big media s copyright campaigns threaten internet free expression informationweek november 5 2007 giving it away © 2006 originally published in forbes december 2006 science fiction is the only literature people care enough about to steal on the internet © 2006 originally published in locus july 2006 how copyright broke © 2006 originally published in locus september 2006 in praise of fanfic © 2007 originally published in locus may 2007 metacrap putting the torch to seven straw-men of the meta-utopia © 2001 originally selfpublished august 26 2001 amish for qwerty © 2003 originally published on the o reilly network www.oreillynet.com july 9 2003 ebooks neither e nor books © 2004 originally given as a paper at the o reilly emerging technology conference san diego california february 12 2004 freekonomic ebooks © 2007 originally published in locus september 2007 the progressive apocalypse and other futurismic delights © 2007 originally published in locus july 2007 when the singularity is more than a literary device an interview with futurist-inventor ray kurzweil © 2005 originally published in asimov s science fiction magazine june 2005 wikipedia a genuine h2g2 minus the editors © 2005 originally published in the anthology at the end of the universe leading science fiction authors on douglas adams the hitchhiker s guide to the galaxy edited by glenn yeffeth and shanna caughey benbella books dallas texas warhol is turning in his grave © 2007 originally published in the guardian november 13 2007 the future of ignoring things © 2007 originally published on informationweek s internet evolution www.internetevolution.com october 3 2007 facebook s faceplant © 2007 originally published as how your creepy ex-co-workers will kill facebook informationweek november 26 2007 the future of internet immune systems © 2007 originally published on informationweek s internet evolution www.internetevolution.com november 19 2007 all complex ecosystems have parasites © 2005 originally given as a paper at the o reilly emerging technology conference san diego california march 16 2005 read carefully © 2007 originally published as shrinkwrap licenses an epidemic of lawsuits waiting to happen informationweek february 3 2007 world of democracycraft © 2007 originally published as why online games are dictatorships informationweek april 16 2007 snitchtown © 2007 originally published in forbes june 2007 content 2nd gal final.indd 11 7/4/08 9:56:16 am[close]
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dedication for the founders of the electronic frontier foundation john perry barlow mitch kapor and john gilmore for the staff past and present of the electronic frontier foundation for the supporters of the electronic frontier foundation content 2nd gal final.indd 12 7/4/08 9:56:16 am[close]
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contents xv foreword for content john perry barlow 3 microsoft research drm talk 27 the drm sausage factory 39 happy meal toys versus copyright how america chose hollywood and wal-mart and why it s doomed us and how we might survive anyway 45 why is hollywood making a sequel to the napster wars 51 you do like reading off a computer screen 55 how do you protect artists 59 it s the information economy stupid 63 downloads give amazon jungle fever 67 what s the most important right creators have 71 giving it away 77 science fiction is the only literature people care enough about to steal on the internet 83 how copyright broke 89 in praise of fanfic 95 metacrap putting the torch to seven straw-men of the meta-utopia 105 amish for qwerty 109 ebooks neither e nor books 133 freekonomic ebooks 139 the progressive apocalypse and other futurismic delights 145 when the singularity is more than a literary device an interview with futurist-inventor ray kurzweil 159 wikipedia a genuine hg2g minus the editors 171 warhol is turning in his grave 175 the future of ignoring things 179 facebook s faceplant content 2nd gal final.indd 13 7/4/08 9:56:17 am[close]
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185 189 197 201 207 the future of internet immune systems all complex ecosystems have parasites read carefully world of democracycraft snitchtown 211 about the author 213 about the author of the foreword content 2nd gal final.indd 14 7/4/08 9:56:17 am[close]
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foreword for content by cory doctorow john perry barlow san francisco seattle vancouver san francisco tuesday april 1 2008 content huh ha where s the container perhaps these words appear to you on the pages of a book a physical object that might be said to have contained the thoughts of my friend and co-conspirator cory doctorow as they were transported in boxes and trucks all the way from his marvelous mind into yours if that is so i will concede that you might be encountering content actually if that s the case i m delighted on cory s behalf since that means that you have also paid him for these thoughts we still know how to pay creators directly for the works they embed in stuff but the chances are excellent that you re reading these liquid words as bit-states of light on a computer screen having taken advantage of his willingness to let you have them in that form for free in such an instance what contains them your hard disk his the internet and all the servers and routers in whose caches the ghosts of their passage might still remain your mind cory s to me it doesn t matter even if you re reading this from a book i m still not convinced that what you have in your hands is its container or that even if we agreed on that point that a little ink in the shape of say the visual pattern you re trained to interpret as meaning a little ink in whatever font the publisher chooses is not as magritte would remind us the same thing as a little ink even though it is xv content 2nd gal final.indd 15 7/4/08 9:56:17 am[close]
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