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Podiobooks has released a free audiobook of Cory Doctorow's first novel: "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom".
Jules is a young man, barely a century old. He's lived long enough to see the cure for death and the end of scarcity, to learn ten languages and compose three symphonies... and to realize his boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World.
Disney World! The greatest achievement of the long-ago twentieth century. Now in the keeping of a network of "ad-hocs" who keep the classic attractions running as they always have, enhanced with only the smallest high-tech touches.
Now, though, the "ad-hocs" are under attack. A new group has taken over the Hall of the Presidents, and is replacing its venerable audioanimatronics with new, immersive direct-to-brain interfaces that give guests the illusion of being Washington, Lincoln, and all the others. For Jules, this is an attack on the artistic purity of Disney World itself.
Worse: it appears this new group has had Jules killed. This upsets him. (It's only his fourth death and revival, after all.) Now it's war...
• Download the AudioBook for free : Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Author: Pesc Spad, for AZ10.com ~ 4 Nov 2009
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• Audiobook - After the Siege »
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• Audiobook - Content, a fan-reading »
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• The Frozen Sky by Jeff Carlson »
And also some video comments by the author - The Frozen Sky is a fantastic sci-fi short story by Jeff Carlson, freely available as an audiobook through StarShip Sofa at this address. Even now she didn’t want to ...
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• No Ruined Lunar City, by Greg Beatty »
Just makes you say 'wooow' - No Ruined Lunar City is a beutiful, evocative 2007 short poem by Greg Beatty. It's only about 1 minute but we highly recommend it! It can be found online as a free audio track read ...
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• Cory Doctorow interview »
The prize-winning science fiction novelist Cory Doctorow interviewed - Cory Doctorow, the prize-winning science fiction novelist, blogger and technology activist and co-editor of the popular Boing Boing weblog, ...
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