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I recently downloaded Cory Doctorow's collection Overclocked, and damn, some of the stories in it are bad. It started out decently with Printcrime, nice message, interesting twist at the end. Then came When Sysadmins Ruled The Earth. That is quite possibly the worst story I have ever read. The plot is threadbare, the characters are unlikable, and the modern-day net jargon and slang is laughable. It's like he tried to cram every acronym, every technology, anything he had ever heard about the net into one short story. I don't think I've rolled my eyes more times while reading any other story.
Anda's Game isn't shaping up well either.
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