Cory Doctorow releases Little Brother
One of my favorite guests from I Should Be Writing, Cory Doctorow, has a new book out! A YA book focusing on kids, online rights and Homeland Security, Little Brother is available in hardcover and audiobook. Cory’s strongly against DRM – digital rights management – and refuses to release his book through Audible or iTunes until they give artists a DRM-free option. You can get the audiobook off his site, or at eMusic through their audiobook program (but sign up or upgrade to the two-credit-a-month option).
And Cory was kind enough to let me put Chapter 1 in my feed so that you’ll be able to sample the book. Thanks Cory, and I hope you all like this treat!
About the Author: I am a writer and podcast producer. I write for Knights of the Dinner Table, Suicide Girls, and my first novel, Playing For Keeps, was released in '08.
Matt K. | May 26, 2008 | Reply
Wow, this is the geekiest YA book I’ve ever heard. I think I understood almost every reference Cory Doctorow hid in this book. RFIDs, Key logging, Rootkits ($SYS$), Firefox, TOR, 1337, Windows Vista, Internet Explorer, Firewalls, LARP, ARG, WiFi, Wikipedia, the list goes on. Cory Doctorow is one of the greatest geeks and an amazing writer. This is the perfect book for anyone to read, young or old. Cory should be commended for this great accomplishment, considering he completed this project in 8 weeks from start to finish. This will remain one of my favorites for years to come.
Moritz B. | Jul 15, 2008 | Reply
As much as I would like all of Doctorow’s work, this excerpt actually unsold me on the book.
Maybe I’m just not interested in computers or something.