I just finished one of the best books I've read in the last 10 years. It's called Little Brother by Cory Doctorow .     I would've enjoyed the book on its face, but it's underlying themes...easy to understand examples - and that's key to appreciating how these technologies can be used for either good or bad.   Originally published at If Chaos Were Organized .

Cory Doctorow è un giornalista canadese, ma soprattutto (per quel che ci riguarda), uno scrittore di fantascienza di buone prospettive, anche se non ancora molto noto da noi in Italia. Doctorow è...ufficiale di Cory Doctorow: http://craphound.com/ L'articolo di Fantascienza.com: http://www.fantascienza.com/magazine/notizie/11288/ Creative Commons Italia: http://creativecommons.it/  

I think hes gonna get the girl, win the "war" thingie, and everything will end happily. I bet you thats how it'll happen!!! 

Around the time Cory Doctorow's new book, Little Brother , came out, he moved to London and had a new baby. I'd read Little Brother - his up-to-the-minute, San Francisco-based riff on Orwell's 1984 - in... terrorists, surveillance, and his book. The interview is here in the September 2008 issue of  Internet Review of Science Fiction. (You do have to register to get access, but it's free.)

So I went to 3PiCon. This was my first scifi con ever. I think I mostly went to meet some people. I was really excited about meeting Corey Doctorow and Randall "XKCD" Munroe. Plus the whole Pi thing I...out there cameras and were going to take a picture of my car. I jumped in and said "Oh! That's my car" They asked me to stand in front of it for the picture. Then I took one in return.

Sandkings by George R.R. Martin Do you hate bugs, especially if they are ants? I do. Do you hate vicious, cruel bullies? I do. Sandkings , a Hugo-winning and Nebula-winning novelette, will...the Kindle store; get a huge book of Avram Davidson stories for $9.99 Please say a small prayer for my car. Originally published at Spontaneous Derivation . You can comment here or there .

Alright already, I’m late to the party, review-wise. Cory Doctorow’s fantabulous Little Brother has been praised to the skies by the likes of Neil Gaiman , Scott Westerfield , Jo Walton ,...I realized I needed to get through some reviews tonight… The Onion Ring is real! And has a tutorial! Originally published at Spontaneous Derivation . You can comment here or there .

"Money itself was incomprehensible. Almost from its inception, it had perplexed and befuddled those in whose lives it had appeared, and although they dealt with it on a daily, if not hourly, basis, and...treatment if they're convinced that they'll eventually escape to some resort in the sky where lifeguards are superfluous and the pool never closes." --Tom Robbins "Follow your weird." --Cory Doctoro

tor.com has published cory doctorow's latest short story in its entirety here . i'm opting instead for the mp3 of him reading it. consider this part of my "currently reading" pile ( yes , i know, technically, i'm listening to it, but y'know what i mean...). the story, in both forms, is licensed under creative commons, so anyone's free to translate and remix it. - wayne ree

Cory Doctorow has this fabulous article on writing YA. It's mostly abouf SF (and since my YA is SF, I was very interested!) - but there is a lot in it to make those of us who write for teens feel pretty darn good about our path.  Enjoy! http://www.locusmag.com/Features/2008/07/cory-doctorow-natures-daredevils.html