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The Cory Doctorow Humble Bundle (www.humblebundle.com)

submitted 8 months ago by flumph@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Lose yourself in the visionary fiction of Cory Doctorow, the celebrated author and digital rights activist known for his masterful explorations of the intersection of tech and society. And help support the Electronic Frontier Foundation with your purchase.

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[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

So should I read William Gibson instead?

[–] ominouslemon@lemm.ee 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I can't tell you if you should read William Gibson instead, but I can definitely tell you that you should read William Gibson

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago

I would advise anyone who likes sci-fi to read both of these authors.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago

Count Zero and Neuromancer are fundamental books for the cyberpunk ethos.

[–] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

William Gibson wrote Neuromancer, and it had an incredible cultural impact. But everything else he wrote hasn't come close. I've read the Bigend trilogy. Can't really remember anything that happened in those books.

On the other hand, Cory Doctorow is the writer I wish I was. He does high tech thrillers the way they're supposed to be. Attack Surface is excellent, a master class in a flawed but sympathetic main character. Just read Red Team Blues. Doctorow reveals how interesting forensic accounting really is.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

His "Burning chrome" short story collection is great too. It has "Johnny Mnemonic" in it, an amazing short story turned into a terrible movie. Just having more Molly is worth the ride.

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Cory Doctorow is the writer I wish I was

You know, I'm a developer on an open-source tabletop RPG that is meant to be to solarpunk what D&D is to fantasy. We're nearly done, but if you like writing stories in this kind of genre, I think it might interest you, either as a player or contributor to the game modules.

[–] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do you have a link or something? I'd like to check it out.

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago

Sure. The website is https://fullyautomatedrpg.com. You can see the whole thing there. We discuss development on a Discord server (linked from the website), although we also have an early Lemmy community: !fullyautomatedrpg.slrpnk.net.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Solarpunk?

Edit: Nevermind, just looked it up. Interesting.

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 months ago

I can't speak for all of Doctorow's work, but of the stuff I've read, I think that's the genre he's writing in.