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Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, Part 001

After a long hiatus, I'm back at my podcast, and to kick it off, I'm reading my 2005 novel Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, "A miraculous story of secrets, lies, magic and Internet connectivity." It's going to take a while -- this is a looong book -- and I'm really looking forward to it. I haven't re-read this book since it was published, and it's been enough time that it's like reading something someone else wrote, which is really cool and fun.

Here's the Publishers' Weekly summary:

"It's only natural that Alan, the broadminded hero of Doctorow's fresh, unconventional SF novel, is willing to help everybody he meets. After all, he's the product of a mixed marriage (his father is a mountain and his mother is a washing machine), so he knows how much being an outcast can hurt. Alan tries desperately to behave like a human being'or at least like his idealized version of one. He joins a cyber-anarchist's plot to spread a free wireless Internet through Toronto at the same time he agrees to protect his youngest brothers (members of a set of Russian nesting dolls) from their dead brother who's now resurrected and bent on revenge."

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11 Responses to “Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, Part 001”

1. Colin F says:

   January 7, 2009 at 2:00 am

   Great to have the podcast back again. It's been a while!

   Apart from the stories, I've also been missing the updates on what you're writing and otherwise working on.
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   January 7, 2009 at 4:03 am

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3. Mike Romard says:

   January 7, 2009 at 1:11 pm

   Oh, this is just awesome news! I'm in the middle of reading Someone Comes to Town via Daily Lit, and I'm loving it.
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5. Bram says:

   January 7, 2009 at 11:50 pm

   Oh, I've missed hearing your voice over the last couple of months... great to have you back into podcasting!

   Thanks for sharing this with us in audio form, Cory!
6. Greg says:

   January 9, 2009 at 10:39 am

   Hello Cory,

   So good to hear your voice again...I really must read this book for myself. I visited Toronto in 2003 and really fell in love with the city and hearing this just makes me want to make a return trip.

   Thanks for the podcast ....

   Greg
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8. James Schimpf says:

   January 12, 2009 at 4:46 pm

   Just got the second installment of Someone Comes to Town.... and wanted to thank you for doing this. Almost every time I go through one of these I find a book I can give to my friends. You have pretty much kept my birthday and Christmas lists easy and simple.

   Second I wanted to thank you for keeping the name consistent, this really helps when I drop it into iTunes, I know exactly where to find it.
9. Paresh says:

   January 14, 2009 at 6:49 am

   Ok i was getting worried that you are healthy. I had stopped checking out the feed. Glad i did this now great to hear your voice again. To top it all off you have given me the same novel that i have not read and would have liked to read. Now that is really awesome
10. Melody says:

    February 20, 2009 at 7:03 am

    Welcome back!! -so happy to hear you reading your work again. And congratulations on your weddings.
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