<![CDATA[Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present]]>

false <![CDATA[Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171719071m/115969.jpg 115969 1 <div><div>Have you ever wondered what it’s like to get bitten by a zombie? To live through a bioweapon attack? To have every aspect of your life governed by invisible ants? <br>In Cory Doctorow's collection of novellas, he wields his formidable experience in technology and computing to give us mindbending sci-fi tales that explore the possibilities of information technology — and its various uses — run amok. "Anda's Game" is a spin on the bizarre new phenomenon of “cyber sweatshops,” in which people are paid very low wages to play online games all day in order to generate in-game wealth, which can be converted into actual money. Another tale tells of the heroic exploits of “sysadmins” — systems administrators — as they defend the cyber-world, and hence the world at large, from worms and bioweapons. And yes, there is a story about zombies, too. </div></div> 111691 book 31 1 2007 Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present total:337|5:70|4:159|3:88|2:18|1:2| 337 1288 550 51 4 2 false false Mon Dec 08 10:33:59 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 23 07:19:19 -0700 2009 BoingBoing, he has been at the forefront of web culture, meme dispersion, and fair copyright advocacy. In his off-time he also writes some pretty decent science fiction.

His style is a familiar one- adopting netwide themes into...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:42:33 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:42:33 -0800 2009 Overclocked bears witness to Cory Doctorow's strong presence on the Internet and immersion in that subculture. With the stories (all previously published) set in the near future, the collection lends a terrifying "what if" quality to our present. Doctorow's intimate knowledge of the techno...

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When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth: Incisive.
Anda's Game: Very good ripoff/update of Ender's Game.
I, Robot: Doctorow's standard theme -- the evils of DRM and the inevitable triumph of hackers -- in Asimov's future.
I, Rowboat: I...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 18:16:41 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 12 07:31:51 -0700 2009
Nanotechnology, Robotics, AI's, copy right control(maybe greed is a better word), online worker's rig...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 01 15:07:14 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 15:10:03 -0800 2007
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This is my kind of sci-fi. Socially relevant, on-target...more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 15 12:47:06 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 29 18:40:38 -0700 2009
This short-story collection contains 5 stories, and each star in my rati...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 04 03:06:27 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 03:07:25 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 22 08:43:46 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 08:45:10 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 15:03:41 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 15:06:37 -0800 2009 boingboing.net and decided to see what Cory Doctorow did in his non-internet time. Apparently, it is writing delightful science fiction. This book of short stories made me want to read more of his work.]]> 3 0 false false Fri Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 03:31:05 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 12:40:31 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jul 17 17:56:50 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 19:08:59 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 17:56:50 -0700 2008
It was one of the better choices that I made. Doctorow is one of the better writers out their. Combining his passion for freedom of information and sci-fi, Cory has mixed the two into a strong brew for us to chew ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 11:48:26 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 11:50:01 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Nov 13 18:37:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 18:37:32 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 25 14:54:11 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 15:01:53 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Sep 26 19:39:46 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 19:40:28 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Sep 27 06:15:44 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 06:15:44 -0700 2009
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