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Cargando... The great big beautiful tomorrow : plus "Creativity vs. Copyright" and "Look for the Lake" outspoken interview (2011 original; edición 2011)por Cory Doctorow
Información de la obraThe Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow por Cory Doctorow (2011)
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In a Disney-dominated future, a transhuman teenager engages in high velocity adventures until he meets the “meat girl” of his dreams and is forced to choose between immortality and sex in one of Cory Doctorow's most daring novellas. Also included in this collection is “Creativity vs. Copyright,” a transcript of Doctorow's historic address to the 2010 World Science Fiction Convention, dramatically presenting his controversial case for open-source models not only in information but art as well, and “Outspoken Interview,” in which Doctorow reveals the surprising inspirations for his writing. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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What I mean by Doctorow being a philosopher at heart is that his fiction doesn't strive to give us answers, but rather to present questions. The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow is a first-person perspective of a frightening and alien future in which "progress" has projected mankind exponentially beyond nature as we know it, from the mutating landscape of the ruins of the past littered with remnants of past "progress."
This contemplation of the double-edged realities of technological "progress" is reflected in the companion piece included with this short fiction, a transcript of a speech Doctorow gave back in 2010 regarding the negative repercussions of the publishing industry's obsession with DRM, and the interview included at the end touches on these topics as well.
There's a lot to think about in this short volume, give it a read. ( )