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Doctorow and Stross Release Latest Novels for Free

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the internet-books dept.

FleaPlus writes "Two prominent science fiction authors have recently released their newest novels as free downloads to coincide with their in-store releases. The first is Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, by Cory Doctorow. This is an unconventional story about an entrepreneur (who happens to be the child of a mountain and a washing machine) who gets involved in a scheme to blanket Toronto with free wireless mesh network, among other things. The second is Accelerando, by Charles Stross, which tells the tale of three generations of the Macx family (beginning with perptually-slashdotted venture altruist Manfred Macx) in the years leading up to and beyond a technological singularity."

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  1. Re:Good luck, suckers by kotku · · Score: 3, Funny

    And that will be the same year I can run an AI on my computer posting witty comments to slashdot.

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  2. Offspring from washing machines-- B-O-R-I-N-G by scovetta · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...This is an unconventional story about an entrepreneur (who happens to be the child of a mountain and a washing machine)...

    Dammit, we already have an overabundance of stories about children bred from washing machines. Can't these people come up with something original???

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  3. Let's play Cory Doctorow Bingo by acb · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is an unconventional story about an entrepreneur (who happens to be the child of a mountain and a washing machine) who gets involved in a scheme to blanket Toronto with free wireless mesh network ...using transceivers shaped like Disney tiki-kitsch objects, whilst being pursued by a cartel of DRM monopolists.

    1. Re:Let's play Cory Doctorow Bingo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      "Small crowd of wannabes and fans?"
      Check!
      "Egotistical blogjerkers and people who constantly act like they're on a firstname basis with him?"
      Check! ...
      BINGO!

  4. Damn kids! by KamaDragon · · Score: 1, Funny

    Back in my day, we didn't have sticks to shake at books! We had to shake our fists and use our imaginations!

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  5. Re:Baen Free Library by TopShelf · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought the idea was that they give each copy away free, but make that up on volume...

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  6. Nipple by furrywithwings · · Score: 4, Funny

    Speaking as one of the pro-Nipple clamp crowd, please compare your awful DRM to something that's really repugnant like, smelly fish, or bad houseguests. Some of use LIKE our nipple clamps, electrified.

  7. Re:Don't want to sound cynical but by mouthbeef · · Score: 4, Funny

    "But it is no secret that I have no love for Cory. I think his milatant attitude is not helping the cause for copyright reform and relastic DRM soltutions."

    It's news to me, anyway. Does that mean you don't want your birthday present? Crap. What am I going to do with this Speak and Spell I modded to include "soltutions" and "milatant"?