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Makers

Makers, published in October 2009 by Tor (US) and HarperVoyager (UK) is about people who hack hardware, business-models, and living arrangements to discover ways of staying alive and happy even when the economy is falling down the toilet. Weirdly, I wrote it years before the current econopocalypse, as a parable about the amazing blossoming of creativity and energy that I saw in Silicon Valley after the dotcom crash, after all the money dried up.

8 Responses to “Makers”

1. Melina says:

   October 28, 2009 at 11:48 am

   Will you be offering an audio version, as you did with Little Brother?

   I'll buy the audio in a heartbeat, if I can.

   Thank you for what you do!
2. Cory Doctorow says:

   October 28, 2009 at 3:00 pm

   Indeed I will -- I'll have the link up in a day or two.
3. Bill Rowe says:

   November 1, 2009 at 6:47 pm

   I'm reading the free download. Thank you very much for that.

   The book is just a huge treat - best thing I've read this year. Never mind the basic premise and the dozens of grace-note descriptions of post-modern America, I was blown away by the number of "Big" ideas, I laughed out loud at "dinosaurs like Disney Parks are like rich seams of locked-away capital begging to be liquidated and put to work at nimbler firms" and I had to explain the whole book to my wife to get the point across.

   For sheer imagination this reminds me of charles stross or some early greg bear.

   Thanks!
4. Bill Rowe says:

   November 3, 2009 at 4:10 pm

   Priceless:
   "Disney-in-a-Box sat on his desk, humming faintly -- not humming like a fridge hums, but actually humming in a baritone hum, humming a medley of magic-users' songs from Disney movies..."

   Just priceless.

   Thanks again Cory
5. marti garaughty says:

   November 12, 2009 at 9:53 pm

   hi Cory, just saw your interview on The Hour. Makers is now on my recommended gift list.
6. Fred Simkin says:

   November 20, 2009 at 4:44 pm

   After a short period of availability the Franklin Township Public Library, Franklin Township New Jersey has removed Makers from circulation and from the catalog. Library personnel have refused to say why the book as removed and if or when it will be returned to open circulation
7. gcb says:

   November 20, 2009 at 5:16 pm

   Downloaded Makers the other day, stayed up way too damn late reading it. It's rare that I call a book "inspirational", but yours reminded me what I like about the tech field. Thanks!
8. Mike says:

   November 21, 2009 at 12:45 am

   If it's removed, I would suggest local fans download a copy, print several, and leave in the stacks.
   Along with some post-it's giving the URL for those that want to read on their own.

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