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Makers

By Cory Doctorow

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| Hardcover | 9780765312792

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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</p><p>Perry and Lester invent things—seashell robots that make toast, Boogie Woogie Elmo dolls that dr Continue

From the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother, a major novel of the booms, busts, and further booms in store for America</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Then things get really interesting.

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 416 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0765312794
  • ISBN-13: 9780765312792
  • Publisher: Tor Books
  • Publish date: 2009-10-01
  • Dimensions: 261 mm x 146 mm x 33 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback , Softcover , Others , eBook
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