FYI, Cory Doctorow will be doing a reading and signing here in NYC at Books of Wonder on Monday, May 26 from 5 to 7 p.m. 18 W. 18th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues.
Cory is going to be promoting Little Brother, a book about teen hackers who get taken in by Homeland Security when the Bay Bridge in San Francisco is blown up. This is his first YA book, but by no means his first book. In fact, Cory is no ordinary novelist. He is the King of Geek, one of the most acclaimed and awesome computer wizards of this day and age. (Thus the book about hackers? Mayhaps.)
I’ll be at the signing with my camera and notebook in tow, but until then … get this … you can download Cory’s book for FREE. This is because he released it under a Creative Commons license, hoping to make his work available to as many people as possible. You’ve got to admit the guy’s got moxie.
So spend this weekend reading his latest, and then meet up with me at Books of Wonder on Monday. I mean, what else have you got to do? Go to a barbecue? Pah!
PS. Scott Westerfeld himself told me to (a) read Little Brother and (b) attend Cory’s reading. And honestly? If Scott Westerfeld told you to jump off a bridge, you would, wouldn’t you?
fawesome book. i downloaded it for free online. hehe. but that made me feel dirty so i went out and bought it afterwards…
a bridge! thats nothin! if Scott-la told me to jump out of an airplane without a parachute i’d do it! altho i’m sure he wood never do such an awful thing…
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
Lizzy-wa — Please make sure you’re wearing your lift bracelets before you go jumping out of planes sans parachute, yeah? I mean, it’s not a great idea anyway, and you’d probably have some broken bones, but I wouldn’t want to see you splattered all over the sidewalk.
And thanks a ton for visiting!
Holy shit! Cory Fucking Doctorow(TM)?! I didn’t know he wrote this stuff! Must have!
hehe. thanx for the concern Brina-la. still lovin the site.
-Lizzy-wa OUT!