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mechanical ghosts of the Haunted Mansion have come to seem like a
precious link to a past when we could tell the real from the simulated, the
true from the false.
Cory Doctorow—cultural critic, Disneyphile, and ultimate Early
Adopter—uses language with the reckless confidence of the Beat poets. Yet
behind the dazzling prose and vibrant characters lie ideas we should all pay
heed to. The future rushes on like a plummeting roller coaster, and it’s hard
to see where we’re going. But at least with this book Doctorow has given us
a map of the park.
Karl Schroeder
Author, Permanence
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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

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Cory Doctorow rocks! I check his blog about ten times a day, because he’s
always one of the first to notice a major incursion from the socialtechnological-
pop-cultural future, and his voice is a compelling vehicle for
news from the future. Down and Out in The Magic Kingdom is about a
world that is visible in its outlines today, if you know where to look, from
reputation systems to peer-to-peer adhocracies. Doctorow knows where to
look, and how to word-paint the rest of us into the picture.
Howard Rheingold
Author, Smart Mobs
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Doctorow is more than just a sick mind looking to twist the perceptions of
those whose realities remain uncorrupted - though that should be enough
recommendation to read his work. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom is
black comedic, sci-fi prophecy on the dangers of surrendering our
consensual hallucination to the regime. Fun to read, but difficult to sleep
afterwards.
Douglas Rushkoff
Author of Cyberia and Media Virus!
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“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
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Doctorow has created a rich and exciting vision of the future, and then
wrote a page-turner of a story in it. I couldn’t put the book down.
Bruce Schneier
Author, Secrets and Lies
Cory Doctorow is one of our best new writers: smart, daring, savvy,