Science Fiction Doctorow, Cory: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom v2.1 2009-08-01

JSWolf · 08-01-2009, 05:36 PM

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom 2003-01-09 A novel by Cory Doctorow

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Jules is a young man barely a century old. He's lived long enough to see the cure for death and the end of scarcity, to learn ten languages and compose three symphonies…and to realize his boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World. Disney World! The greatest artistic achievement of the longago twentieth century. Now in the care of a network of volunteer "adhocs" who keep the classic attractions running as they always have, enhanced with only the smallest hightech touches. Now, though, it seems the "ad hocs" are under attack. A new group has taken over the Hall of the Presidents and is replacing its venerable audioanimatronics with new, immersive direct-to-brain interfaces that give guests the illusion of being Washington, Lincoln, and all the others. For Jules, this is an attack on the artistic purity of Disney World itself. Worse: it appears this new group has had Jules killed. This upsets him. (It's only his fourth death and revival, after all.) Now it's war: war for the soul of the Magic Kingdom, a war of evershifting reputations, technical wizardry, and entirely unpredictable outcomes. Bursting with cutting-edge speculation and human insight, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom reads like Neal Stephenson meets Nick Hornby: a comingofage romantic comedy and a kickbutt cybernetic tour de force.

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yekim54 · 08-09-2009, 10:09 PM

Jon, FYI, I noticed that all the apostrophe punctuation marks are missing from this version (e.g., Ill instead of I'll, Im instead of I'm, cant instead of can't, didnt instead of didn't, etc., etc., etc.).

JSWolf · 12-21-2009, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by yekim54

Jon, FYI, I noticed that all the apostrophe punctuation marks are missing from this version (e.g., Ill instead of I'll, Im instead of I'm, cant instead of can't, didnt instead of didn't, etc., etc., etc.).

I'll have to give it a fix. Thanks for the notice.

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yekim54 What the Dog Saw Posts: 311 Karma: 981684 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dunn Loring Device: Sony PRS-650, Surface3	Jon, FYI, I noticed that all the apostrophe punctuation marks are missing from this version (e.g., Ill instead of I'll, Im instead of I'm, cant instead of can't, didnt instead of didn't, etc., etc., etc.).

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