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If you are subscribed to Cory's podcast you would have got a tasting of a reading from Little Brother a few months ago. He is currently reading Sterling's _Hacker Crackdown_. Thaths On Dec 26, 2007 3:40 AM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cory, > > Please let us know when this one's available for download -- it > sounds like fun. > > Udhay > > >From: Cory Doctorow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Neil Gaiman gave me an unexpected Christmas present this year -- a > >stellar review of my forthcoming novel Little Brother (a YA novel that > >pits hacker kids in San Francisco against the DHS in a bid to restore > >the Bill of Rights to America) on his blog. He has a few quibbles with > >some of the plot elements, but closes with this: > > > > > I'd recommend Little Brother over pretty much any book I've read > > this year, and I'd want to get it into the hands of as many smart > > 13 year olds, male and female, as I can. > > > > > > Because I think it'll change lives. Because some kids, maybe just > > a few, won't be the same after they've read it. Maybe they'll > > change politically, maybe technologically. Maybe it'll just be the > > first book they loved or that spoke to their inner geek. Maybe > > they'll want to argue about it and disagree with it. Maybe they'll > > want to open their computer and see what's in there. I don't know. > > It made me want to be 13 again right now and reading it for the > > first time, and then go out and make the world better or stranger > > or odder. It's a wonderful, important book, in a way that renders > > its flaws pretty much meaningless. > > > >Neil's review: > >http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2007/12/changing-planes.html > > > >Little Brother: > >http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765319853/downandoutint-20 > > > >-- > >Cory Doctorow > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >latest collection: craphound.com/overclocked > >latest novel: craphound.com/someone > > > >blog: boingboing.net > >vanity: craphound.com > >podcast: feeds.feedburner.com/doctorow_podcast > >second novel: craphound.com/est > >collection: craphound.com/place > >novel: craphound.com/down > > > >Join my mailing list and find out about upcoming books, stories, > >articles and appearances: > > > >http://www.ctyme.com/mailman/listinfo/doctorow > > > >READ CAREFULLY. By reading this email, you agree, on behalf of your > >employer, to release me from all obligations and waivers arising from > >any and all NON-NEGOTIATED agreements, licenses, terms-of-service, > >shrinkwrap, clickwrap, browsewrap, confidentiality, non-disclosure, > >non-compete and acceptable use policies ("BOGUS AGREEMENTS") that I have > >entered into with your employer, its partners, licensors, agents and > >assigns, in perpetuity, without prejudice to my ongoing rights and > >privileges. You further represent that you have the authority to release > >me from any BOGUS AGREEMENTS on behalf of your employer. > > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > > -- Bart: I want to be emancipated. Homer: Emancipated?! Don't you like being a dude? -- Homer J. Simpson Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders
