The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow

plus "Creativity vs. Copyright" and "Look for the Lake" outspoken interview

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Paperback, 136 pages

English language

Published Nov. 1, 2011 by PM Press.

ISBN:
978-1-60486-404-5
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OCLC Number:
707327805

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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.

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reviewed The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow by Cory Doctorow (PM Press outspoken authors -- no. 8)

Thought provoking little book

This is my first “PM Press Outspoken Authors” book, and the first thing I will say is that it is a delightful object, physically. A high-quality, compact paperback.

The title story is sort of a cross between cyberpunk and solarpunk, but more in the spirit of cyberpunk, I’d say. It’s well-written and fast paced, with a lot of intriguing concepts. I didn’t love the protagonist, but he was interesting.

The speech/essay, “Creativity vs. Copyright”, is my favorite part of this book. Doctorow is spot on in his analysis of copyright, DRM and vendor lock-in.

I also quite enjoyed the interview by Terry Bisson that rounds out this volume.

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  • Interviews