Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom

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• The Best Reviews: Cory Doctorow, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

  "An ingenuous satire" Sometime in the future, youngster Jules (just over a hundred years old) enjoys being a member of the Bitchun Society. He relishes the freedom to enjoy life by doing whatever he wishes as long as he does nothing to lose respect f ... (read full critics)

  thebestreviews published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

• Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

  by Cory Doctorow Some novels waste no time in announcing their intentions. “I lived long enough to see the cure for death,” begins Julius, the narrator of Cory Doctorow’s amiable sci-fi satire, “to see the rise of the Bitchun Society; to learn ten la ... (read full critics)

  quillandquire published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

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  Weird but Worth it

  This is probably the strangest book I've ever read. In the future, we've beaten death. A person can be cloned in 2 days and their mind downloaded from their last backup. So whenever you die, you're just created again with all your old memories and emotions. If that's not weird enough, the technology ... (continue)

  This is probably the strangest book I've ever read. In the future, we've beaten death. A person can be cloned in 2 days and their mind downloaded from their last backup. So whenever you die, you're just created again with all your old memories and emotions. If that's not weird enough, the technology of Disney World is so outdated, people actually live there to maintain eveything so that people looking for a nostalgic trip back in time can ride the old rides.
  It takes a little while for the book to get going, but once it does it really takes off. With a great twist at the end, this book is really the sci-fi for the non-sci-fi reader.

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  javajinny said on Mar 19, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  Over-zealous wording but a novel idea

  A little over-wordy in the beginning utilizing terms and acronyms, but it's an interesting idea (and commentary) of a society and political system in a future Disney World / Kissimmee, FL, locale.

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  JaxSean said on Aug 18, 2007 | Add your feedback

• Cory Doctorow released this book for free under a Creative Commons license. You can find it in multiple versions (PDF, HTML, etc.) and remixes (e.g., fan readings) here:
  http://craphound.com/down/download.php

  If you are curious to know the motivations and the economical rationale of this decisio ... (continue)

  Cory Doctorow released this book for free under a Creative Commons license. You can find it in multiple versions (PDF, HTML, etc.) and remixes (e.g., fan readings) here:
  http://craphound.com/down/download.php

  If you are curious to know the motivations and the economical rationale of this decision, be sure to check out the essays contained in another of his books, Content:
  http://craphound.com/content/

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  SBarcati said on Apr 7, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  At the beginning it's really confusing, and it's definetly a book that's not easy to keep on reading. But the whole picture is really great, and the future depicted has some really interesting and fascinating ideas. It has some clever and plausible sounding evolvings, and it really kept me thinking ... (continue)

  At the beginning it's really confusing, and it's definetly a book that's not easy to keep on reading. But the whole picture is really great, and the future depicted has some really interesting and fascinating ideas. It has some clever and plausible sounding evolvings, and it really kept me thinking for days. If you have some time to spare, i definetly recommend this book!

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  Ramsesoriginal said on Jun 22, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  Fiction by a Disney fanatic. Futuristic… no one dies, they just do a "back-up" and get a fresh body. This guy definitely knows his Disney. Fun for a Walt Disney World fan, and very unusual. I would imagine, though, that the book would get a little tedious if you weren't a big Disney fan.

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  Bashful said on Oct 12, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  Available for free online through DailyLit

  Available in installments via RSS. Here's the subscription page on DailyLit.com:

  http://www.dailylit.com/subs/more/026a8b07c727be7894fe5…

  Wonder if it's on Lexcycle?

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  Jennie Faber said on Sep 5, 2007 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
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• ISBN-10: 0312709692
• ISBN-13: 9780312709693
• Publisher: Tor: Tom Doherty Associates
• Pub date: Jan 01, 2003
• Also available as: Hardcover and Others

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