Cory Doctorow
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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
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Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
In a future where death is obsolete and wealth is reputation, a man lives in a utopian Disney World run by rival ad-hocracies. When a sinister plot threatens his cherished role in the park’s operations, he navigates betrayals and digital intrigue. This vibrant sci-fi tale probes identity, loyalty, and the cost of immortality in a world where dreams are coded and power is a vote.
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Makers
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
In a near-future world driven by innovation and technology, inventors push the boundaries of creation, sparking breakthroughs, rivalries, and unexpected consequences. Ambition, creativity, and ethical dilemmas collide as new ideas reshape society and challenge what it means to build, profit, and survive.
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Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
In a city where the ordinary collides with the strange, a mysterious man discovers hidden truths about his world—and himself. Magic, humor, and danger intertwine as secrets unravel, leading to a surreal journey through identity, belonging, and the extraordinary lurking beneath the everyday.
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Little Brother
Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen
In a near-future city, a tech-savvy teenager becomes a target of government surveillance after a major attack. Using ingenuity, digital skills, and courage, he fights to reclaim freedom, challenge authority, and expose corruption in this gripping tale of resistance and empowerment.
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Super Man and the Bug Out
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
A daring adventure unfolds as a young hero faces unexpected threats in a high-tech world. With wit, courage, and quick thinking, he navigates danger, uncovers secrets, and discovers the power—and responsibility—of extraordinary abilities in a modern landscape of intrigue.
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Home Again, Home Again
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
A heartfelt story of return and rediscovery follows a character navigating the challenges of homecoming. Amid personal growth, unexpected connections, and the search for belonging, it explores family, identity, and the meaning of “home” in a changing world.
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Return to Pleasure Island
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
This story follows a group of children who revisit an amusement park or “Pleasure Island”, a place filled with wonder, technology, and peril.
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Eastern Standard Tribe
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
In a future split by time-zone tribes, a sharp consultant for the Eastern Standard Tribe spies in London, trading secrets to outwit rivals. Betrayed by his lover and colleague, he’s framed as mad and confined in an asylum. This witty sci-fi satire probes loyalty, identity, and tech’s divisive chaos, exposing the clash of tribal bonds and personal desires.
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Shadow of the Mothaship
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
The story follows a spacefaring adventure in which humans encounter remnants of a vast, ancient alien civilization.
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Craphound
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
In a near-future world, a scruffy collector and his alien pal hunt garage sales for quirky treasures like old cowboy trunks. Their thrilling bids spark cash and tension, as human nostalgia clashes with alien detachment. This witty sci-fi tale explores junk-hunting’s thrill and the ache of lost memories, probing what makes objects priceless in a universe of odd desires.
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A Place So Foreign
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
A young boy in 1970s America is whisked to a futuristic world of time travel and alien tech when his inventor father vanishes. Navigating a dazzling, disorienting society, he uncovers secrets tying his family to cosmic conspiracies. This vibrant sci-fi tale blends wonder, rebellion, and the quest for belonging
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