What a fantastically compelling story. I loved it - someone please tell Cory Doctorow that he has one more fan.
I had stopped reading fiction, except SciFi - usually something that Udhay recommends. Brilliant stuff. Made me feel like deleting some stuff on gmail. But I am waiting for an offer in Bldg 49 instead. shiv On Saturday 15 Sep 2007 1:16 pm, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > >Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:35:35 +0800 > >From: Cory Doctorow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Radar commissioned me to write them a science fiction story about "the > >day Google became evil." I wrote them a little short-short called > >"Scroogled," about the perfect axis of evil: the DHS and Google, working > >hand in hand. As part of the contract negotiation, I got Radar to agree > >to release the story under a remix-friendly Creative Commons > >Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license, so you're free to make > >movies, slideshows, songs, art, or new texts from this one. > > > > > Greg landed at San Francisco International > > > > Airport at 8 p.m., but by the time he'd made it > > to the front of the customs line, it was after > > midnight. He'd emerged from first class, brown > > as a nut, unshaven, and loose-limbed after a > > month on the beach in Cabo (scuba diving three > > days a week, seducing French college girls the > > rest of the time). When he'd left the city a > > month before, he'd been a stoop-shouldered, > > potbellied wreck. Now he was a bronze god, > > drawing admiring glances from the stews at the front of the cabin. > > > > > Four hours later in the customs line, he'd > > > > slid from god back to man. His slight buzz had > > worn off, sweat ran down the crack of his ass, > > and his shoulders and neck were so tense his > > upper back felt like a tennis racket. The > > batteries on his iPod had long since died, > > leaving him with nothing to do except eavesdrop > > on the middle-age couple ahead of him. > > > > > "The marvels of modern technology," said the > > > > woman, shrugging at a nearby sign: Immigration—Powered by Google. > > > >Scroogled: > >http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2007/09/google_fiction_evil_d > >angerous_surveillance_control_1.php > > > >Creative Commons license: > >http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ > >-- > >Cory Doctorow > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >latest collection: craphound.com/overclocked > >latest novel: craphound.com/someone
