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A lot of ideas are packed into this short novel, but doctorow s own best idea was setting his story in disney world, where its hard to tell whether technology serves dreams or vice versa. Concurrent with its publication by tor books, doctorow released the entire text of the novel under a creative commons noncommercial license on his website, allowing the whole text of the book to be freely read and distributed without needing any further. Some common themes of his work include digital rights management, file sharing, and postscarcity. Down and out in the magic kingdom by cory doctorow free ebook. Down and out in the magic kingdom by cory doctorow and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It concerns the machinations of technologically immportals who have occupied walt disney worlds haunted mansion and who aim to preserve it from the depredations of modernizers who would renovate it. Down and out in the magic kingdom, cory doctorow christian.
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