Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

ISBN-13: 9780007327935 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 208 str.

Cory Doctorow

Opis

Jules is a young man barely a century old. He's lived long enough to see the cure for death and the end of scarcity, to learn ten languages and compose three symphonies, and to realize his boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World. Disney World The greatest artistic achievement of the long-ago 20th century.

Recenzje

Praise for DOWN AND OUT IN THE MAGIC KINGDOM:

'Impressively imagined' New York Times

'Cory Doctorow doesn't just write about the future - I think he lives there.' Kelly Link

'A kinetic, immersive yarn ... wholly entertaining' The Onion AV Club

'He sparkles! He fizzes! He does backflips and breaks the furniture! Science Fiction needs Cory Doctorow.' Bruce Sterling

Praise for Cory Doctorow:

'Fresh and full of thought-provoking ideas, a book about tomorrow that demands to be read now.' The Times

'I'd recommend 'Little Brother' over pretty much any book I've read this year. Because I think it'll change lives. It's a wonderful, important book' Neil Gaiman

'A glorious book unlike any book you've ever read' Gene Wolfe

'A cracking read' Guardian

'Doctorow brilliantly shows us a near-future that's equally wondrous, inspiring and terrifying' BBC Focus

O autorze

Cory Doctorow is co-editor of BoingBoing.net and the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He writes columns for Make, Information Week, the Guardian online and Locus. He has won the Locus Award for his fiction three times, been nominated for the Hugo and the Nebula, won the Campbell Award and was named one of the internet's top 25 influencers by Forbes magazine and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He hopes you'll use technology to change the world.