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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.

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[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (20 children)

Anyone read them? How are they?

[–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (11 children)

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.

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (10 children)

So should I read William Gibson instead?

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Count Zero and Neuromancer are fundamental books for the cyberpunk ethos.

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