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Cory Doctorow is a Canadian science fiction author, columnist, blogger, educator, and speaker. He is an advocate for free content distribution, the Creative Commons, and privacy rights.
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Fast Facts
- Born: 1971
- Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
- Spouse: Alice Taylor
- Daughter: Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus Taylor Doctorow
- Down and Out In The Magic Kingdom (2003)
- Eastern Standard Tribe (2004)
- Someone Comes To Town, Someone Leaves Town (2005)
- Little Brother (2008)
- John W. Campbell Award, Best New Writer (2000)
- Locus Awards|Locus Award, Best First Novel (2003)
- Sunburst Awards|Sunburst Award]], Best Science Fiction Book (2004)
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Blogging and Non-Fiction Work
Doctorow is one of the founding contributors of the BoingBoing website, where he blogs on science fiction, electronic privacy rights, Disneyania, open media, and other topics.He is a regular columnist for The Guardian, and contributes essays and editorials to Make magazine, Wired, Popular Science, and others.
He has also written books on blogging and the craft of writing science fiction.
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Teaching and Advocacy
Doctorow served as the European Affairs Coordinator for the Electronic Frontier Foundation from 2002 - 2006. During the 2006 academic year, he was a visiting professor at the University of Southern California. He taught at the Viable Paradise science fiction workshop in 2006, and serves on the boards of several technology companies. -
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Cory Doctorow on Amazon | View All
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Little Brother - $17.95
Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his...
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Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present - $15.95
Have you ever wondered what it's like to get bitten by a zombie? To live through a bioweapon attack? To have every aspect of your life governed by invisible ants? In Cory Doctorow's collection of novellas, he wields his formidable...
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Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town in Extra Large Print - $3.95
Contemporary fantasy. The hero is the not quite human son of a washing machine mother and mountain father. He lives in present day Canada and befriends a dumster diver who want to blanket the neighborhood with free Internet access. He has a...
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Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future - $14.95
Hailed by Bruce Sterling as “a political activist, gizmo freak, junk collector, programmer, entrepreneur, and all-around Renaissance geek,” the Internet’s favorite high-tech culture maven is celebrated wi...
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Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales Of The Here And Now - $19.99
Writer and BoingBoing.net co-editor Cory Doctorow has won acclaim for his science-fiction writing as well as his Creative Commons presentation of his material. Now, IDW Publishing is proud to present six standalone stories adapted from Doct...
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RT @smallworld Arranging an interview with Cory Doctorow about his new book, Makers. http://j.mp/2KN3EL
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Arranging an interview with Cory Doctorow about his new book, Makers. http://j.mp/2KN3EL
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View All Cory Doctorow Questions (3) | Ask a QuestionCan Cory Clouston turn the Ottawa Senators around? (1 Answer)I think the coaching change is too little too late and I am not sure if Cory Clouston is even the right answer considering he lacks NHL experience and has ... read moreDo you think Cory Booker's Youtube feud with Conan O'brien is stage for publicity? (1 Answer)It is staged for a joke. I like that they are going to meet on neutral grounds in Kansas to settle this by racing each other. Cory Booker is one ... read more
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