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OverviewHailed by Bruce Sterling as a 'political activist, gizmo freak, junk collector, programmer, entrepreneur, and all-around Renaissance geek,' Cory Doctorow is the Web's most celebrated high-tech pop-culture maven. Content is the first collection of Doctorow's infamous articles, essays, and polemics. Here's why Microsoft should stop treating its customers as criminals (through relentless digital-rights management); how America chose copyright and Happy Meal toys over jobs; why Facebook is taking a faceplant; how Wikipedia is a poor cousin of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; and, of course, why free e-books kick ass. Accessible to geeks and noobs (if you're not sure what that means, it's you) alike, Content is a must-have compilation from Cory Doctorow, who will be glad to take you along for the ride as he effortlessly surfs the zeitgeist. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cory DoctorowPublisher: Tachyon Publications Imprint: Tachyon Publications Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 20.10cm Weight: 0.218kg ISBN: 9781892391810ISBN 10: 1892391813 Pages: 213 Publication Date: 01 September 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsEssential reading for any writer who wants to have any chance of understanding what's going on - and who perhaps wants tohelp shape the future. -- Writer's News January 2009 Essential reading for any writer who wants to have any chance of understanding what's going on - and who perhaps wants tohelp shape the future. -- Writer's News January 2009 Doctorow here proves he's smart, funny, and good at accessibly boiling down issues he's passionate about ... a pleasure to read, not to mention thought-provoking. -- Booklist Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of pop culture. -- Neil Gaiman, author, American Gods We should all hope and trust that our culture has the guts and moxie to follow this guy. He's got a lot to tell us. --Bruce Sterling, author, Zeitgeist Cory Doctorow is the apotheosis of what we talk about when we talk about the Web. --SF Site If all those Generation Z and proto-Singularity kids reading Doctorow's Little Brother also find their way to Content , this book may well become a classic. --mattselznick.com The most articulate and accessible writer engaged in these topics. --Time Out Chicago A nice collection of essays. --TeleReads More than just insightful, brilliant, and to the point--it's also funny and fun to read. --Electronic Frontier Foundation Essential reading for any writer who wants to have any chance of understanding what's going on - and who perhaps wants tohelp shape the future. -- Writer's News January 2009 Author InformationCory Doctorow is a science-fiction novelist, blogger, and technology activist whom Entertainment Weekly called the William Gibson of his generation.” He is the author of the best-sellers Little Brother, Makers, Pirate Cinema, and Homeland and the co-editor of the popular weblog Boing Boing. Doctorow is a contributor to the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Wired, Locus, and many other newspapers, magazines, and websites. He was the director of European Affairs for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy standards, and treaties. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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