Cory Doctorow's Blog, page 79
July 29, 2013
There’s no way to stop children viewing porn in Starbucks
In honour of the Great Firewall of Cameron -- the UK government's plan to force ISPs to turn on network-level spying and censorship of "adult" material -- I've read aloud There's no way to stop children viewing porn in Starbucks, a column I wrote for the Guardian the last time the UK government floating this idiotic proposal, explaining, comprehensively, why this is such a stupid, stupid idea.
Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com
John Taylor Williams is a audiovisual and...
July 24, 2013
Appearing at the BSFA meeting tonight
Hey, Londoners! I'm the speaker at tonight's British Science Fiction Association meeting in the Cellar Bar at the Argyle Public House (1 Greville Street EC1N 8PQ). Kicks off at 6PM -- I'll be interviewed by Tom Hunter from the Arthur C Clarke award.
July 21, 2013
Pirate Cinema wins the Prometheus Award
I could not be happier to announce that my novel Pirate Cinema has won the Libertarian Science Fiction Society's Prometheus Award, along with Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon. I won the Prometheus in 2008 for my novel Little Brother, and it's among my proudest honors. My sincere thanks to the judges and the members of the society for this honor.
July 18, 2013
Pirate Cinema shortlisted for Canada’s Sunburst Award
My novel Pirate Cinema has been shortlisted for this year's Sunburst Award, a juried prize for the best in Canadian science fiction. It's up in the Young Adult category, and is part of an exciting slate that is full of exciting books that deserve your attention.
July 15, 2013
Speaking in San Diego on Tuesday; Comic-Con on Thu and Fri
Hey, San Diego! I'm in town, teaching the Clarion Writing Workshop, and tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 7PM, I'll be appearing at Mysterious Galaxy as part of Clarion's speaker series. And if you're coming to Comic-Con, you can catch me on Thursday and Friday.
July 13, 2013
Lunch with the Financial Times
The Financial Times's Tim Harford has a regular feature called Lunch with the FT in which he takes someone out for lunch and a long chat, and then reports on both the lunch and the talk. We sat down recently for very nice steaks and cheap wine, and Tim's just written it up:
Doctorow is clearly fascinated by economic issues, and points out that most science fiction and fantasy economies make no logical sense. The exception, he declares, is when Marxists write science fiction or fantasy. Take th...
July 11, 2013
Interview on hacktivism and Aaron Swartz
Here's the second part of my interview with TVOntario's "The Agenda" (part one was posted earlier this week) in which we talk about hacktivism and Aaron Swartz.
I’m in a Reddit AMA NOW!
Hey there! I'm doing a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) right now with Peter Beagle, Connor Cochran, and Lois Bujold from the current Humble Ebook Bundle.
July 10, 2013
Humble Ebook Bundle reveals second week bonus books: XKCD, Gaiman/McKean, Holly Black & Machine of Death!
The Humble Ebook Bundle -- a two-week, pay-what-you-like, DRM-free ebook sale -- has just revealed the four bonus books in week two: XKCD Volume 0 by Randall Munrow; Signal to Noise by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean; Poison Eaters and Other Stories by Holly Black and the bestselling Machine of Death anthology. To get these bonus titles, you have to pay more than the present average for the books (if you bought already and paid more than the average at the time, these books are already yours to d...
Kids, science fiction, technology, democracy and surveillance
I sat down in Toronto with Steve Paikin and The Agenda, a great TVOntario programme, and talked about liberty, technology, kids, and surveillance.
