New Releases by Cory Doctorow

"I, Robot" is a science-fiction short story by Cory Doctorow published in 2005. The story is set in the type of police state needed to ensure that only one company is allowed to make robots, and only one type of robot is allowed. The story follows single Father detective Arturo Icaza de Arana-Goldberg while he tries to track down his missing teenage daughter. The detective is a bit of an outcast because his wife defected to Eurasia, a rival Superpower.

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“Filled with wisdom and thought experiments and things that will mess with your mind.” — Neil Gaiman, author of The Graveyard Book and American Gods In sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, Cory Doctorow’s Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can small artists still thrive in the Internet era? Can giant record labels avoid alienating their audiences? This is a book about the pitfalls and the opportunities that creative industries (and individuals) are confronting today — about how the old models have failed or found new footing, and about what might soon replace them. An essential read for anyone with a stake in the future of the arts, Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free offers a vivid guide to the ways creativity and the Internet interact today, and to what might be coming next. This book is DRM-free.

“D’accordo, in questa nostra instabile epoca di guerra globale al terrore (o qualsivoglia imitazione della medesima), i viaggi aerei hanno perduto tutto il fascino, il glamour di un tempo. Controlli, interrogatori, radiografie, perquisizioni. Che cosa non si fa nel nome della sicurezza, giusto? Sbagliato. Perché adesso perfino la sicurezza (o qualsivoglia imitazione della medesima) ha scavalcato i parametri. Per tramutarsi in un’arma meta-totalitaria alla rovescia: intrusione, violazione, intimidazione, prevaricazione. La radice maligna di tutto questo? All’apparenza, la più inoffensiva e più improbabile di sempre. Google. Esatto: proprio il "motore di ricerca dei motori di ricerca", diventato l’impero planetario del web. Solo che questo Google non ha proprio più nulla a che spartire con il Google che abbiamo conosciuto e conosciamo. Nel bad new world chiamato Internet, questo Google è un’entità strangolante e opprimente, pervasiva e invasiva. Basta connettersi, anche per istante, e questo Google guarda tutto e vede tutto, scruta tutti e analizza tutti. Un autentico, micidiale Grande Fratello controllato da... chi? Con Scroogled l’asso della fantascienza contemporanea Cory Doctorow traccia la mappa, caustica e impietosa, di un ennesimo inferno virtuale nel quale, volenti ma soprattutto nolenti, potremmo essere già sprofondati.” (Alan D. Altieri) Numero di caratteri: 29.389

From New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow, the story of a girl who gets into gaming—and ends up on a globe-spanning crusade to stop exploitation online.

Vor einigen Jahren hat sich Marcus Yallow mit Homeland Security angelegt – und gewonnen. Nun ist er Webmaster für einen aufstrebenden Politiker, der dem von Wirtschaftskrisen gebeutelten Kalifornien Reformen verspricht und gegen die staatliche Überwachung vorgehen will. Doch dann bekommt Marcus von Masha, seiner früheren Gegenspielerin, einen USB-Stick mit brandheißen und streng vertraulichen Daten zugesteckt, die er veröffentlichen soll. Er zögert, denn wenn er sich dazu bekennt, kostet ihn das seinen Job. Wenn er aber nicht mitspielt, machen die Behörden munter weiter. Was soll er tun? Und dann sind da auch noch die verdächtigen Gestalten, die Marcus immer enger beschatten ...

An all-new tale of Marcus Yallow, the hero of the bestselling novels Little Brother and Homeland -- as he deals with the aftermath of a devastating Oakland earthquake, with the help of friends, hacker allies, and some very clever crowdsourced drones. "I''d recommend Little Brother over pretty much any book I''ve read this year." --Neil Gaiman At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Human competition is eternal. We thrill to victory, we suffer the agony of defeat. No matter what the future brings, sports will be a part of it. But what forms will these games take? Who will be the spectator, who will play? Will aliens be our opponents or machines? Will physical competition even exist? What rules will we play by? What will be at stake? What rewards will be reaped by the victors? What fates await the defeated? Will the entire universe be our arena or will our world be smaller than today? Visionary authors speculate on what swifter, higher, stronger, and winning will mean in the near and distant future.

The fifth volume in the Science Fiction Megapack series collects 25 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, including 5 Hugo and Nebula Award-winners and nominees. Featured this time are: AGAPE AMONG THE ROBOTS, by Allen Steele THE STARSHIP MECHANIC, by Jay Lake and Ken Scholes PEACEMAKER, by Gardner Dozois OR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS, by Avram Davidson GRANDMA, by Carol Emshwiller THE GIFT BEARER, by Charles L. Fontenay I, ROBOT, by Cory Doctorow ALL RIGHTS, by Pamela Sargent THE EICHMANN VARIATIONS, by George Zebrowski MAY BE SOME TIME, by Brenda W. Clough CYBERPUNK, by Bruce Bethke MILLENNIUM, by Everett B. Cole JOIN OUR GANG? by Sterling E. Lanier GREYLORN, by Keith Laumer JUMPING THE LINE, by Grania Davis HE’S ONLY HUMAN, by Lawrence Watt-Evans THE WASONICA CORRECTION, by James C. Stewart CIRCUS, by Alan E. Nourse THE HATED, by Frederik Pohl CODE THREE, by Rick Raphael COST OF LIVING, by Robert Sheckley THIS IS KLON CALLING, by Walter J. Sheldon THE BIG BOUNCE, by Walter S. Tevis THE RISK PROFESSION, by Donald E. Westlake THE FIRE EGGS, by Darrell Schweitzer And don''t forget to search this ebook store for "Megapack" to see other volumes in the series, from science fiction to ghost stories to mysteries...and many more!

A brilliant collaboration from the two defining personalities of post-cyberpunk: Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross. Welcome to the fractured future, at the dusk of the twenty-first century. Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. For the most part, they are happy with their lot, living in a preserve at the bottom of a gravity well. Those who are unhappy have emigrated, joining one or another of the swarming densethinker clades that fog the inner solar system with a dust of molecular machinery so thick that it obscures the sun. The splintery metaconsciousness of the solar-system has largely sworn off its pre-post-human cousins dirtside, but its minds sometimes wander...and when that happens, it casually spams Earth''s networks with plans for cataclysmically disruptive technologies that emulsify whole industries, cultures, and spiritual systems. A sane species would ignore these get-evolved-quick schemes, but there''s always someone who''ll take a bite from the forbidden apple. So until the overminds bore of stirring Earth''s anthill, there''s Tech Jury Service: random humans, selected arbitrarily, charged with assessing dozens of new inventions and ruling on whether to let them loose. Young Huw, a technophobic, misanthropic Welshman, has been selected for the latest jury, a task he does his best to perform despite an itchy technovirus, the apathy of the proletariat, and a couple of truly awful moments on bathroom floors. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The market for personal 3D printers is still in its early stages, but as they become more affordable many tech pioneers are exploring their practical uses and their future. Learn what is on the market today, what features are available, and what is coming down the turnpike. The buyers guide section reviews these printers: 3DTouch, Afinia H-Series, Bukobot 8, Cube, Felix 1.0, LulzBot AO-100, MakerGear M2, MendelMaxPro, Printrbot LC, Printerbot Jr., Replicator 2, SeeMeCNC H.1.1, Solidoodle 2, Type A Series 1, Ultimaker.

Features short stories about robots that depict the complications and questions surrounding rights, human bonding, and freedom.

Marcus, alias w1n5t0n, is slim, snel en wired met het netwerk. Het kost hem geen moeite de bewakingssystemen van zijn middelbare school te omzeilen. Zijn wereld wordt echter op zijn kop gezet als hij en zijn vrienden te maken krijgen met de naschokken van een grote terreuraanslag. Ze zijn op het verkeerde moment op de verkeerde plek, en worden gearresteerd, opgesloten en meedogenloos ondervraagd door Homeland Security. Wanneer hij eindelijk vrijkomt, ontdekt Marcus dat zijn stad een politiestaat is geworden, waar elke burger wordt behandeld als een potentiële terrorist. Niemand gelooft wat hem en zijn vrienden is overkomen, en dus heeft hij maar een uitweg: zelf Homeland Security aanpakken. Cory Doctorow (1971) is co-editor van Boing Boing een van de populairste blogs ter wereld. Hij won diverse prijzen, waaronder de Nebula en de Campbell Award en wordt gezien als een Young Global Leader van het web.

Cory Doctorow burst on the SF scene in 2000 like a rocket, inspiring awe in readers (and envy in other writers) with his bestselling novels and stories, which he insisted on giving away via Creative Commons. Meanwhile, as coeditor of the wildly popular blog Boing Boing, he became the radical new voice of the Web, boldly arguing for internet freedom from corporate control. Doctorow’s activism and artistry are both on display in this Outspoken Author edition. The crown jewel is his novella The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow, the high-velocity adventures of a transhuman teenager in a toxic post-Disney dystopia, battling wireheads and wumpuses (and having fun doing it!) until he meets the “meat girl” of his dreams, and is forced to choose between immortality and sex. Plus a live transcription of Cory’s historic address to the 2010 World SF Convention, “Creativity vs. Copyright,” dramatically presenting his controversial case for open-source in both information and art. Also included is an international Outspoken Interview (Skyped from England, Canada, and the U.S.) in which Doctorow reveals the surprising sources of his genius.

One of the Web’s most celebrated high-tech culture mavens returns with this second collection of essays and polemics. Discussing complex topics in an accessible manner, Cory Doctorow’s visions of a future where artists have full freedom of expression is tempered with his understanding that creators need to benefit from their own creations. From extolling the Etsy makerverse to excoriating Apple for dumbing down technology while creating an information monopoly, each unique piece is brief, witty, and at the cutting edge of tech. Now a stay-at-home dad as well as an international activist, Doctorow writes as eloquently about creating real-time Internet theater with his daughter as he does while lambasting the corporations that want to profit from inherent intellectual freedoms.

A collection of signature works by the influential writer and activist includes a novella in which a transhuman future teen must choose between immortality and sex with the "meat girl" of his dreams, a transcript of his controversial address at the 2010 World Science Fiction Convention and an essay on his literary inspirations. Original.

Perry and Lester invent things: seashell robots that make toast, Boogie Woogie Elmo dolls that drive cars. They also invent entirely new economic systems. When Kodak and Duracell are broken up for parts by sharp venture capitalists, Perry and Lester help to invent the "New Work," a New Deal for the technological era. Barefoot bankers cross the nation, microinvesting in high-tech communal mini-startups. Together, they transform the nation and blogger Andrea Fleeks is there to document it. Then it slides into collapse. The New Work bust puts the dot-bomb to shame. Perry and Lester build a network of interactive rides in abandoned Walmarts across the land. As their rides gain in popularity, a rogue Disney executive engineers a savage attack on the rides by convincing the police that their 3D printers are being used to make AK-47s. Lawsuits multiply as venture capitalists take on a new investment strategy: backing litigation against companies like Disney. Lester and Perry''s friendship falls to pieces when Lester gets the fatkins treatment, which turns him into a sybaritic gigolo. Then things get really interesting. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Presents a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories originally published on the Internet in 2008.

A collection of previously published articles and essays.

“Imagine if Monty Python wrote the Mayo Clinic Family Health Book, and you sort of get the idea. Afraid you’re afflicted with an unknown malady? Finally you have a place to turn!” —Book Sense You hold in your hands the most complete and official guide to imaginary ailments ever assembled—each disease carefully documented by the most stellar collection of speculative fiction writers ever to play doctor. Detailed within for your reading and diagnostic pleasure are the frightening, ridiculous, and downright absurdly hilarious symptoms, histories, and possible cures to all the ills human flesh isn’t heir to, including Ballistic Organ Disease, Delusions of Universal Grandeur, and Reverse Pinocchio Syndrome. Lavishly illustrated with cunning examples of everything that can’t go wrong with you, the Lambshead Guide provides a healthy dose of good humor and relief for hypochondriacs, pessimists, and lovers of imaginative fiction everywhere. Even if you don’t have Pentzler’s Lubriciousness or Tian Shan-Gobi Assimilation, the cure for whatever seriousness may ail you is in this remarkable collection.

Now in softcover, the second novel from one of the hottest writers in modern SF

If the twentieth century was the American Century, who will the next one belong to... and what will become of the nation''s capital? Will Washington D.C. be drowned in the rising tides and its glory days forgotten, or will its residents rise to the challenge and remake the world in its image? In these stories you''ll find as many questions as answers, but if assembled authors agree on anything, it''s that we are destined to live in interesting times and more than that... ones that we will have a hand in creating. Ask not what the future can do for you... with stories by Cory Doctorow, James Alan Gardner, Joe Haldeman, Sean McMullen, Kim Stanley Robinson, Allen M. Steele, and many more.