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From the author: My next book is The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation: it's a Big Tech disassembly manual that explains how to disenshittify the web and bring back the old good internet. The hardcover comes from Verso on Sept 5, but the audiobook comes from me – because Amazon refuses to sell my audio.

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[–] tomthegeek@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Maybe Amazon doesn't carry it because Cory Doctorow is a shitty writer? A mountain and a dishwasher? Why do people read his trash.

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought this topic seemed quite interesting. Do you have experience reading his content?

[–] tomthegeek@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes I read a couple of his books and that's when I stopped following boing boing and all that.

Just a waste of time.

[–] picandocodigo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll gladly check out any books you've written. If you think you can do so much better than Doctorow, it must be really good stuff!

[–] tomthegeek@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, I can't criticize unless I'm an author is it? I can suppose you'll hold yourself to the same standards for praise then?

'Cause if you can't know bad without also writing, how can you know good? Otherwise that would be an illogical double standard.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

True! But who gives a shit. Nobody here asked for your opinion about his writing. This thread isn't even about whether it's good. You just seem mad.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't say I've read all his content but Little Brother and Homeland are good examples of how technology can help aid in fascism. Sure it's a little over the top but it made me more aware of how corporations can be used to overstep our rights and privacy. You're free to hate on him all you want but the truth is he's actually doing something to push back and make us all aware instead of just saying to just be okay with it.

[–] tomthegeek@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

how technology can help aid in fascism.

One only needs to read the twitter files if they want to see how true fascism is occurring today. We don't need an obnoxious book.

truth is he’s actually doing something to push back and make us all aware instead of just saying to just be okay with it.

What has he done besides write a poor imitation of 1984?

[–] Spyral@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I think you mean the X files

[–] LollerCorleone@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

One only needs to read the twitter files

Your responses make a lot of sense now.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Tell me you don't know who Cory Doctorow is without telling me you don't know who Cory Doctorow is.

[–] Zyansheep@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Weirdly enough, I went to a book store one time, picked up one of his newer books, didn't think I'd like it from the summary, but I read the first few pages and was hooked. Had to leave so I figured I would read the rest by downloading from libgen.is...

First time I've felt significantly disappointed not being able to read a book :'(

[–] LollerCorleone@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Amazon carries poorly written smut, they are not big on quality control. And you really need to look up the definition of trash, if you think what he writes is trash.