Just got email from my editor to say that he has a "stack" of copies of my first novel, "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom" on his desk. I am exploding with joy! The book ships on January 9 — pre-order your copy today! (or wait until Jan 9 and read the thing online for free as a Creative-Commons-licensed ebook; until then, you'll have to tide yourself over with this excerpt).
Cory Doctorow is the most interesting new SF writer I've come across in years. He starts out at the point where older SF writers' speculations end. It's a distinct pleasure to give him some Whuffie. (Rudy Rucker — author, Spaceland)
"Wow! Disney imagineering meets nanotechnology, the reputation economy, and Ray Kurzweil's transhuman future. As much fun as Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, and as packed with mind bending ideas about social changes cascading from the frontiers of science." (Tim O'Reilly — publisher and founder, O'Reilly and Associates)
In the true spirit of Walt Disney, Doctorow has ripped a part of our common culture, mixed it with a brilliant story, and burned into our culture a new set of memes that will be with us for a generation at least. (Lawrence Lessig — author, The Future of Ideas)
