Cory went to four different universities but didn’t acquire a diploma from any of them. SEED School acted as an anarchistic ‘free school’ in the city of Toronto. SEED School was where Cory received his high school diploma. CareerĬommon themes in the writing of Doctorow – which are incidentally uncommon themes in the writings of other authors – are the following: file-sharing, managing digital rights, and ‘post-scarcity’ economics. The organization uses a portion of its licenses for Cory’s books. In his freest of time, Cory is an activist, trying to liberalize copyright laws, and also a big proponent of the organization called ‘Creative Commons’. He also spent some time as the co-editor of the blog named Boing Boing. Cory is a Canadian-British science fiction writer, a blogger, journalist. Born and raised in Canada, he lives in Los Angeles.Cory Efram Doctorow was born on the 17th of July 1971, in Toronto, Canada. His novella collection Radicalized was a CBC Best Fiction of 2019 selection. His award-winning novel Little Brother and its sequel Homeland were a New York Times bestsellers. He is a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an MIT Media Lab Research Associate and a visiting professor of Computer Science at the Open University. Another winner from an sf wizard who has always proved himself adept at blending genres for both adults and teens." - BooklistĬory Doctorow is a regular contributor to the Guardian, Locus, and many other publications. "Doctorow's novels are always feasts for the imagination and the intellect, and this one is no exception: it's jam-packed with cutting-edge ideas about cybersecurity and crypto, and its near-future world is lovingly detailed and completely believable. Great for fans of Charles Stross." - Library Journal "This absorbing and ruthless cyberpunk thriller from Doctorow tackles modern concerns involving cryptocurrency, security, and the daunting omnipotence of technology. Now he's been roped into a job that's more dangerous than anything he's ever agreed to before-and it will take every ounce of his skill to get out alive. He's made some pretty powerful people happy in his time, and he's been paid pretty well. He's not famous, except to the people who matter. Because he was there at all the beginnings. He also knows the Valley like the back of his hand, all the secret histories of charismatic company founders and Sand Hill Road VCs. He's as comfortable with social media as people a quarter his age, and he's a world-level expert on the kind of international money-laundering and shell-company chicanery used by Fortune 500 companies, mid-divorce billionaires, and international drug gangs alike. He knows computer hardware and software alike, including the ins and outs of high-end databases and the kinds of spreadsheets that are designed to conceal rather than reveal. Martin is a-contain your excitement-self-employed forensic accountant, a veteran of the long guerilla war between people who want to hide money, and people who want to find it. He likes intelligent women, and they like him back often enough. He knows his way around good food and fine drink. He lives and roams California in a very comfortable fully-furnished touring bus, The Unsalted Hash, that he bought years ago from a fading rock star. Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to the beginnings of Silicon Valley. New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's Red Team Blues is a grabby next-Tuesday thriller about cryptocurrency shenanigans that will awaken you to how the world really works. Mountain View proudly presents New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow for a celebration of his newest science fiction thriller Red Team Blues!
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