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“…a satisfying dose of suspense and humor.”
San Francisco Chronicle
“…Doctorow maintains an unrelenting pace; many readers will find themselves finishing
the novel, as I did, in a single sitting.”
Toronto Star
“At its heart,
Tribe
is a witty, sometimes acerbic poke in the eye at modern culture. Every-
thing comes under Doctorow’s microscope, and he manages to be both up to date and off the
cuff in the best possible way.”
Locus
for
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town:
“
Someone Comes to Town
is a fantastic example of a fairy tale for grownups, a weird and
wonderful piece of 21st century fantasy.”
Alterati
“A glorious book, but there are hundreds of those. It is more. It is a glorious book unlike
any book you’ve ever read.”
GeNe wolfe, author of
Pirate Freedom
aNd
The Book of the New Sun
“Doctorow (
Eastern Standard Tribe
) treats these and other bizarre images and themes with
deadpan wit. In this inventive parable about tolerance and acceptance, he demonstrates how
memorably the outrageous and the everyday can coexist.”
Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
“Cory Doctorow is the apotheosis of what we talk about when we talk about The Web.”
SF Site
“I found
Someone Comes to Town
to be a great celebration of life and a novel that manages
to be downright scary at times while still utterly resplendent with hope.”
Bookslut
“Magical realism and literary iconoclasm abound in a novel that should appeal to fans of
experimental fiction in a near-future setting.”
Library Journal
“It’s official: Cory Doctorow has become the new Neal Stephenson. Or, rather, he’s become
the new early-period Neal Stephenson, since Stephenson himself has moved away from
quirky, computer tech-y, zippy future-kitsch. Doctorow began filling the resulting gap with
his first novels,
Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom
and
Eastern Standard Tribe
. But his
latest,
Someone Comes To Town, Someone Leaves Town,
is his most Stephenson-like novel to
date, all bizarre characters, cutting-edge culture, and technological lectures, swirled into a
refreshing, compellingly grounded semi-fable.”
The Onion A.V. Club
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