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Lose yourself in the visionary fiction of Cory Doctorow, the celebrated author and digital rights activist known for his masterful explorations of the intersection of tech and society. And help support the Electronic Frontier Foundation with your purchase.
Anyone read them? How are they?
They’re pretty good. He has a very clear, very technically detailed style. Good solid mystery writing. Kind of like a poor man’s William Gibson. After reading a two page segment of red team blues where Doctorow explains keypair encryption I described him to my wife as “Tom Clancy level detail for computers and the internet” not that Clancy is good, but his stuff is that detailed.
So should I read William Gibson instead?
I can’t tell you if you should read William Gibson instead, but I can definitely tell you that you should read William Gibson
I’d like to know as well
The short answer is, yes, his work is very good.
They’re FOSS competence porn and wish fulfillment fantasy. I’m 100% on board with his politics and ideas, but the stories are a bit weak.
They’re fun though.
Exactly the kind of porn youngsters leading to become adults should read, IMO.