Cory Doctorow




Cory Doctorow

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born
July 17, 1971

gender
male

place of birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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genre
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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Here's a radio interview I did recently with Off the Hook, the 2600 show, on New York's WBAI, talking about MAKERS, maker politics, and the state of the world.



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avg rating: 3.84 | 6,864 ratings | 1,751 reviews | 35 distinct works | 93 fans
Little Brother 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 King... 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 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... 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 Fu... 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 M... 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 Te... 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 I, Robot
by Cory Doctorow
avg rating 3.56 — 36 ratings
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Complete Idiot's Guide to Publ... 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 Makers
by Cory Doctorow
avg rating 3.21 — 14 ratings — published 2009
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Cory Doctorow Reads from Littler Brother Part 1
 
Cory Doctorow Reads from Littler Brother Part 1
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"When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout."
Cory Doctorow
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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
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"All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets."
Cory Doctorow (Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town)
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Do you want to read Portnoy's Complaintby Philip Roth,
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, Midwives by Chris Bohjalian or The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell for book club?

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Room 110, Period 6: Letter #3 Due November 24 18 28 Dec 12, 2008 01:48PM  
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