Cory Doctorow
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born
July 17, 1971
gender
male
place of birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult, Nonfiction
about this author
Canadian blogger, journalist and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing.
He is an activist in favor of liberalizing copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of their licenses for his books.
Some common themes of his work include digital rights management, file sharing, Disney, and post-scarcity economics.
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Little Brother by Cory Doctorow avg rating 4.08 — 3,152 ratings — published 2008 5 editions |
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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow avg rating 3.60 — 1,229 ratings — published 2003 7 editions |
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Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow avg rating 3.57 — 515 ratings — published 2004 4 editions |
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Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow avg rating 3.50 — 516 ratings — published 2005 4 editions |
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Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present by Cory Doctorow avg rating 3.83 — 329 ratings — published 2007 |
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A Place So Foreign and Eight More by Cory Doctorow avg rating 3.73 — 176 ratings — published 2003 |
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Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future by Cory Doctorow avg rating 4.07 — 81 ratings — published 2008 |
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I, Robot by Cory Doctorow avg rating 3.56 — 36 ratings |
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Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction by Cory Doctorow, Karl Schroeder avg rating 3.73 — 15 ratings — published 2000 |
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Makers by Cory Doctorow avg rating 3.21 — 14 ratings — published 2009 |
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Cory Doctorow Reads from Littler Brother Part 1
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"Funny, for all surveillance, Osama bin Laden is still free—and we're not. Guess who's winning the "war on terror?"
— Cory Doctorow
— Cory Doctorow
"All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets."
— Cory Doctorow (Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town)
— Cory Doctorow (Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town)
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topics mentioning this author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
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| Room 110, Period 6: Letter #3 Due November 24 | 18 | 28 | Dec 12, 2008 01:48PM | |
| Room 110, Period 6: Vocabulary | 40 | 34 | Jan 05, 2009 12:59PM | |
| Beyond Reality: Hugo Awards! | 9 | 64 | Apr 05, 2009 07:09PM | |
| Beyond Reality: What are you reading right now? | 180 | 276 | Jul 01, 2009 01:34AM | |
| Beyond Reality: New Cory Doctorow novel serialized online | 1 | 36 | Jul 06, 2009 01:20PM | |
| Wild Things: YA G...: Hello from Canada | 8 | 23 | Aug 27, 2009 04:11AM | |
| The Book Challenge: Jennifer's 2009 Book Challenge | 19 | 213 | Sep 01, 2009 03:42PM | |
| Wild Things: YA G...: e-books for blind teens: HELP! | 4 | 26 | Sep 14, 2009 12:45PM | |
| 50 Books A Year: Emily agrees with Michelle 2009 | 29 | 110 | Sep 14, 2009 07:05PM |
