Reviews and Comments

I enjoyed this book because it was funny and I felt like I learned a few things. Maybe not for everyone but it definitely was for me.

This was Doctorow at his finest. Its a fast paced book that is very nerdy and very fun.

Recommend this to all of your techie friends. Also for all of your finance friends. Also for all of your friends who have fallen into the dark world of crypto culture...maybe this will help them out.

Never forget - crypto means cryptography!

Margaret Killjoy is a great author and this story is captivating. What a fantastic perspective of anarchist resistance to colonization. I would love to eventually read a prequel about Hron that talks about the influx of refugees into the area and discusses the dangers of projecting Utopian ideals onto a "new country" that is already inhabited by indigenous peoples.

Its important for me to understand AI models and capabilities to a certain extent for my job. The author did a good job of writing a book that explains these concepts in an entertaining way. This is one you should absolutely read if you are interested in AI but dont want to get caught up in a "web 3" grift.

I loved so much about this novella - the dip into labor relations, the character's affinity for being a blackhat, and just the vibe of this book in general.

This one is fucking rad and you should read it if you are an anticapitalist who likes sci-fi.

I enjoyed reading this book. It was short and very entertaining. Can't wait to read more from this author (who also is a badass podcaster)

I've got a confession - I've fallen in love with @lunastation@wandering.shop

Not only are they a publication driven by female identified writers, but the stories are fantastic as well! I really loved this collection and it totally validated my subscription to their Patreon (do it!)

Not all of the stories were absolute bangers, but its a collection of short fiction from amateur writers and honestly the good far, far outweighed the mediocre (and there was no bad).

Can't wait to jump into the new issue that just came out this month!

I kind of had to push through this one like an abstract art house movie where you spend about 50-75% of the time thinking "I have no idea what the **** this person is talking about" and then the remainder is filled with bits of genius.

I finished this because it was short but I wouldn't necessarily recommend searching this one out.

Having said that, it reframed my thoughts on the nature and existential roadmap of the internet at our current period of time in a way that no other piece of writing has.

Whitewashed history of Canada that is the citizenship study guide

There are a handful of chapters in this book that are just really sad and difficult to read. Then again, thats part of the point. As this book walks readers through the lives of 5 residential school survivors, we come alongside some people in some really dark moments.

Then again, be encouraged that there is light, healing, and beauty in this book as well.

I learned a lot from reading this book. Shown Faye provides really valuable insight into trans issues and, while I wouldn't particularly describe this book as fun, its most certainly highly relevant and important.

If you are a fan of sci-fi and appreciate bicycles, then you need to check out the "Bikes in Space" series that Elly Blue has been putting out through Microcosm Publishing. They are collections of short science fiction stories that feature bicycles and are also told through a feminist/queer lens. Each edition in this series has a unique feature - this one is about witches, but others have been about cats, zombies, dragons, etc.

This is just the coolest series. Do yourself a favor and check it out.

I really enjoyed this book. I appreciated its representation of indigenous themes, characters, and settings. Readers should be aware though that there are scenes of murder/death and sexual violence in this book and one of the main themes is the destructive power of drug addiction. If you are able to handle that, then I think you will really enjoy this book.

OK, so this book is kind of right in Cory Doctorow's wheelhouse. Sure, he writes really insightful fiction that is really fun to read, but he truly shines when when writing concise, easy-to-understand non-fiction about social and policy issues surrounding technology.

This book definitely isn't for everybody, but if you're interested in the political, economic, and social tools that can be used to unseat the tech billionaires and destroy surveillance capitalism then this is 100% something that you should consider reading.

One important connection that Doctorow made was how the military/government have become reliant on big tech surveillance. If you didn't want to throw out your Google/Amazon "smart" device before, you probably will after reading this book.