Technically this is science fiction, but it’s rooted firmly in the real world.
The geek factor is partially tamed by a strong people element, and ultimately the story is held together by the group of friends whose fortunes lead us through the book. The hacker is the champion in his world his last book Little Brother centred on a software hacker and with Makers he turns his attention to hardware hackers. Thankfully there’s a hard copy format for those of us who can’t quite get used to reading fiction online.ĭoctorow is an evangelist for technology and its power to empower the little guy and change society. Author Cory Doctorow puts his money where his mouth a second time with the plea to contribute towards future versions:Īs part of the ongoing project of crafting Tor.com’s electronic edition of Makers, the author would like for readers to chime in with their favorite booksellers and stories about them in the comments sections for each piece of Makers, for consideration as a possible addition to a future edition of the novel. Rather appropriately for a book about the crowdsourced, open source economy, Makers has already been serialised for free on the site Tor.com.
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