Short Stories/Novellas
"I, Robot" is a science-fiction short story by Cory Doctorow published in 2005. The story is set in the type of police state needed to ensure that only one company is allowed to make robots, and only one type of robot is allowed. The story follows single Father detective Arturo Icaza de Arana-Goldberg while he tries to track down his missing teenage daughter. The detective is a bit of an outcast because his wife defected to Eurasia, a rival Superpower.
Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. The heroic exploits of "sysadmins" — systems administrators — as they defend the cyber-world, and hence the world at large, from worms and bioweapons.
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The tale of duelling galactic colony-organisms that are competing to recruit all the matter in the universe for raw computation.
"With Chicken Little, Cory Doctorow proves that science fiction is alive and kicking. If there’s a reason for that, it’s because SF isn’t about the future at all, but about the endless capacity of human beings to evolve in extraordinary ways." Graham Edwards, Fantasy writer "Cory Doctorow’s novella ‘Chicken Little’ [..] does an excellent job of updating and commenting on some of the themes that informed Pohl & Kornbluth’s classic novel 'The Space Merchants'. Doctorow’s updated high-tech take on Pohl’s take on Jonathan Swift’s 'struldbrugs,' creatures who have immortality but not eternal youth, continuing to age through their extended lives, is particularly ingenious. I wouldn’t be surprised to see this one show up on an award ballot next year." Gardner Dozois, Locus Magazine A story with a product designer, jetpacks and an immortal quadrillionaire living in a vat. "Chicken Little" also appears in the collection "With a Little Help". ABOUT THE AUTHOR Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger -- the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of Tor Teens/HarperCollins UK novels like "For The Win" and the bestselling "Little Brother". He is the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in London. Franco Brambilla is an award-winning Italian illustrator devoted to sci-fi.
From Boing Boing cofounder and the bestselling author of Little Brother and its sequel Homeland comes Cory Doctorow's "Party Discipline," a Tor.com Original In a cyberpunk world where most of us are just surplus population, certain temptations are acute indeed. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Nach vielen Jahren in Flüchtlingsheimen und Notunterkünften kann Salima endlich in ein Hochhausapartment umziehen. Das Gebäude ist zwar neu, aber damit fangen die Probleme erst an: Der intelligente Toaster gibt auf einmal den Geist auf und nimmt nur noch das Brot der Toastermarke an. Dann fällt der Kühlschrank aus. Als Salima feststellt, dass selbst der Fahrstuhl die ärmeren Mieter benachteiligt, fasst sie einen Entschluss. Es muss doch einen Weg geben, sich in die Haushaltsgeräte zu hacken und sie wieder frei verfügbar zu machen! Gesagt, getan ...
New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow and illustrator Matt Rockefeller present a sweetly scary picture book about a girl whose monster-catching activities delay her bedtime in Poesy the Monster Slayer . A monster slayer needs no bedtime! Once her parents are off to bed, Poesy excitedly awaits the monsters that creep into her room. With the knowledge she’s gained from her trusty Monster Book and a few of her favorite toys, Poesy easily fends off a werewolf, a vampire, and much more. But not even Poesy's bubblegum perfume can defeat her sleep-deprived parents!
Short fiction from science fiction author, activist, and journalist Cory Doctorow! A contentious election and radicalized locals interfere with Canadian recovery workers' efforts at the site of a catastrophic flood in near-future Mississippi. This story is set in the same future as Cory Doctorow's novel The Lost Cause . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
In a new Little Brother story from Cory Doctorow, when schools make war on their own students, something has to give. . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.