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| Original Title: | Makers |
| ISBN: | 0765312794 (ISBN13: 9780765312792) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Sunburst Award Nominee for Canadian Novel (2010), John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee (2010), Prometheus Award Nominee for Best Novel (2010), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2009) |
Cory Doctorow
Hardcover | Pages: 416 pages Rating: 3.71 | 5500 Users | 639 Reviews
Details Appertaining To Books Makers
| Title | : | Makers |
| Author | : | Cory Doctorow |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | October 27th 2009 by Tor Books |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction |
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother, a major novel of the booms, busts, and further booms in store for America Perry and Lester invent things—seashell robots that make toast, Boogie Woogie Elmo dolls that drive cars. They also invent entirely new economic systems, like the “New Work,” a New Deal for the technological era. Barefoot bankers cross the nation, microinvesting in high-tech communal mini-startups like Perry and Lester’s. Together, they transform the country, and Andrea Fleeks, a journo-turned-blogger, is there to document it. Then it slides into collapse. The New Work bust puts the dot.combomb to shame. Perry and Lester build a network of interactive rides in abandoned Wal-Marts across the land. As their rides, which commemorate the New Work’s glory days, gain in popularity, a rogue Disney executive grows jealous, and convinces the police that Perry and Lester’s 3D printers are being used to run off AK-47s. Hordes of goths descend on the shantytown built by the New Workers, joining the cult. Lawsuits multiply as venture capitalists take on a new investment strategy: backing litigation against companies like Disney. Lester and Perry’s friendship falls to pieces when Lester gets the ‘fatkins’ treatment, turning him into a sybaritic gigolo. Then things get really interesting.Rating Appertaining To Books Makers
Ratings: 3.71 From 5500 Users | 639 ReviewsCritique Appertaining To Books Makers
I didn't hate it. There were some interesting concepts. It had enough to keep me turning the pages. I think I was waiting for something a little more Ready Player One though and because of that I was slightly disappointed.Ive always wished that I had the engineering knack so I could invent something like a robot that does laundry or flying cars or something cool like that. Hell, Id be tickled if I could figure out something fun like dropping Mentos into Diet Coke. After reading this book, Im kind of glad to be technically challenged because it seems like thered be a dark side to being that kind of guy.This realistic sci-fi story takes place in the near future where economic woes have left corporations as shells
I thought this book was just fine. I have enjoyed other novels by Doctorow more than this but it had some cool ideas, the idea of repurposing technology and obsolete products a good one. I really believe that the mining of the future will be in our waist dump sights - though not exactly what is going on here, it's close.The sub-idea of obesity in north America caused by such establishments as IHOP was also an interesting addition to the whole (I learned today, as a matter of fact, that we have
I have a good contender for worst read of 2015!The first half of this book is simply a message with a story slathered thinly on top. The practically all-male cast is cardboard and hollow, and their characters seem to be half developed based on what clothes they wear and food they eat. The female main character is a Mary Sue who can do little wrong (every single male character professes himself in love with her at some point). The other female characters are weird wish fulfillment girl (a college
Cory Doctorow's Makers is a book full of ideas and possibility, which makes up for a somewhat predictable plot and flattened characters.I read this book after I had read Doctorow's Little Brother; the two have very strong similarities in plot structure. It's a serviceable - if a bit transparent - structure, but the girders and siding are definitely showing after reading both of these books.This isn't surprising - both books are idea books. Where Little Brother is concerned with personal freedoms
The first part of this book made me angry. The main POV character, a journalist who becomes a successful blogger by writing about nerds making stuff, smelled strongly of author insertion and it pushed some personal buttons of mine with regards to how it presented people with weight issues. I think the issues raised by Lester and the fatkins diet could be interesting if developed into their own story, but as a subplot to a larger work it felt sloppy and disrespectful.Later sections of the book
It's such a page turner that I stayed up all night to finish it. Three new ideas a page. Interesting things:The novel is purposely designed to force the reader to make moral judgments and avoid easy answers:-- Lester and Perry make different choices at the end. Which one is more realistic about the nature of capitalism. Which is the more moral choice? Are they both fantasists?-- Can you morally coexist with the MBA types? Is the company structure the only effective way to get things done?-- Are
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