Advance praise for Pirate Cinema

My next YA novel is Pirate Cinema, which hits stands on Oct 2. The book has been complete for a long time, and now is the part in its lifecycle where it is in ballistic flight, having been launched from my device with all the skill and concentration that I can muster, with nothing else for me to do until it arrives at its destination. It's a bit of a nailbiting interlude in the lifecycle of a writer, and that's why it was such a treat to read Daniel Kraus's starred review of it in the next Booklist. I don't think I'm supposed to quote the whole thing, so here are some highlights:

...Doctorow’s series starter is his most cogent, energizing call-to-arms to date, an old-fashioned (but forward-thinking) counter-culture rabble rouser that will have dissidents of all ages dying to stick it to the Man...
It’s generally accepted that fussing with computers is a narrative buzzkill, yet Doctorow’s unrivaled verisimilitude makes every click as exciting as a band of underdog warriors storming a castle. It’s not exactly Abbie Hoffman’s Steal This Book (1971), but with its delirious insights into everything from street art to urban exploring to dumpster diving to experimental cinema, it feels damn close.

Color me delighted! I'll be on tour with Pirate Cinema in October, and Charlie Stross and I will also be touring our novel-for-adults, Rapture of the Nerds, in early September.

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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cory, congratulations on the great review.

i can’t count the times i’ve been directly and personally inspired by you, and that is no small thing in this crazy world, so i just wanted to take the time to say: THANK YOU.
- Cory Doctorow
  
  Aww, thanks!
- Cory Doctorow
  
  Aww, thanks!
sam1148

Congratulations! Now, when is the audio book out? Maybe you can get Wil Wheaton to read? He did a fantastic job on “Ready Player One”.
- Cory Doctorow
  
  I’d love that, but it’s not my decision to make. Wil did an amazing job reading my story SCROOGLED for my collection WITH A LITTLE HELP.
sam1148

Congratulations! Now, when is the audio book out? Maybe you can get Wil Wheaton to read? He did a fantastic job on “Ready Player One”.
totally80s

Advance praise is right. This is excellent news, Cory. My twin boys enjoyed “Little Brother” – I read it, too. Not knowing anything about publishing, is it normal for a book to be reviewed 4 months in advance of release? We’ll keep an eye on Amazon for when it comes out.
- Cory Doctorow
  
  Thanks!
chrisspurgeon

Fantastic! Congratulations!

Now get back to work on that “Little Brother” sequel.
- Cory Doctorow
  
  It’s done! It comes out in early 2013.
vattenpipa

Is there anywhere I can read an excerpt?

I couldn’t find one on Amazon.
- Cory Doctorow
  
  Not yet — but I’ll be publishing some soon.
Evil Paul

Wow, it sounds wonderful indeed. It will make a great Xmas gift for my nephew – cultivating the next crop of happy mutants is part of a whacky uncle’s job.

Also can’t wait for Rapture of the Nerds – come on publishing dinosaur juggernaut, take my money already!
- Cory Doctorow
  
  Ha! We’ll take your money soon!
- Cory Doctorow
  
  Ha! We’ll take your money soon!
Debra Puzzo

I am so geeked about both of these I can barely think straight! Thanks for being awesome!
- Cory Doctorow
  
  Thank you!