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more about #nearfuture more comments → Klebert L. Hall: [quote]The first portion of Makers reads very much like a manifesto. [/quote] This is what keeps me from reading Doctorow. His books always sound lik... more » Byronotron: want want! since i read little brother i've been absolutely obsessed with DIY projects, even if it's taking a little bit longer to get some stuff star... more » Hotscot: Anyone read a good time travel novel in the past year or so? You wouldn't think there would be much newness that could be done with the topic but I lo... more » Ian Fiebig: About half way through and really enjoying it. Favorite line so far... "The typical ROI for a Kodacell unit in the old days was about four percent. I... more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I love that there's a comic award called the Ignatz. more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: I am sure that this is awesome, but speaking of Finder, Finder is fucking AWESOME. more » Illogic: Awesome comic. Though I'd advice against reading it all in one go. I tried that once and my brain started melting. more » eviladrian: Carl Marks? Really? more » Grey_Area: Just curious, has anyone out there read anything else by Irvine? He's done a few other novels as well as come comics and a media tie-in for Supernatur... more » ♪: I'm more partial to investing in the floating death traps that are prison ships. more » corpore-metal: Argh! More books to read! Never going to make it to the bottom of the list, never! more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Great! My bookstack was running low. As usual, if this novel blows I'm going to burn your house down, Grey_Area. more » hakubak: Sorry guys, all these high-contrast Che Obama images are creeping me out. We're not a banana republic just yet. more » Pessimippopotamus: If I hear the word "post-racial" again, I will strangle the first person I see. All this talk of this nonexistent racial barrier makes me sick. Black ... more » Ghede: ALTERNATE TIMELINES! Personally, I will think his greatest success was --raising national morale, indirectly affecting the economy, education, and dec... more » -
#bookreview
As Silicon Valley Crumbles, the Makers Will Inherit the Earth
In Little Brother, Cory Doctorow showed how a grassroots, technology based movement could ensure our civil liberties. With his latest novel, Makers, he asks whether a similar movement could save American capitalism from itself.
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#afternoonreading
Psychedelic Plants Lead to Alien Mind-Melding in a Small Town
In Dash Shaw's Body World, a drug-addicted botanist travels to a small suburb to investigate the hallucinogenic qualities of a mysterious plant. When he smokes it, he finds himself getting closer to the town's inhabitants than he ever cared to. More » -
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A Lethal Cash Injection, In A Prison-Industry-Dominated World
Alexander Irvine's recently-published Buyout takes a chilling look at the justice system and high finance, in a future right around the corner. It turns out crime does pay... but who cashes in?
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