Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom [SIGNED]

Cory Doctorow

ISBN 10: 0765304368 / ISBN 13: 9780765304360

Published by Tor Books, New York, 2003

About this Item

"First Edition, February 2003" and full printing line with "1" on its copyright page. Signed by author Cory Doctorow on its title page with a charming inscription: "For Erik -- People who bought this book also bought clean underwear". This book and its dust jacket are in fine condition. Its binding is tight and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and unworn, with bright metallic green titles on its spine. Pages are unworn and -- other than the author's inscription -- unmarked. Not a remainder. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is whole, bright, unmarked, and unworn. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom [SIGNED]
• Publisher: Tor Books, New York
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0765304368
• ISBN 13: 9780765304360
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed Books

About this title

Synopsis

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 artistic achievement of the long-ago twentieth century. Now in the care of a network of volunteer "ad-hocs" who keep the classic attractions running as they always have, enhanced with only the smallest high-tech touches.

Now, though, it seems 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: war for the soul of the Magic Kingdom, a war of ever-shifting reputations, technical wizardry, and entirely unpredictable outcomes.

Bursting with cutting-edge speculation and human insight, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom reads like Neal Stephenson meets Nick Hornby: a coming-of-age romantic comedy and a kick-butt cybernetic tour de force.

About the Author

Cory Doctorow cofounded the Internet search-engine company OpenCola.com and now works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation.  His weblog Boing (boingboing.net), coedited with Mark Frauenfelder and David Pescovitz, is read by more than 130,000 unique visitors every month. In 2000, the World Science Fiction convention voted him the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He lives in San Francisco.