Bigwands reviewed For the Win by Cory Doctorow
Review of 'For the Win' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
It took some to get through it at times, but I'm glad I did.
Hardcover, 477 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2010 by Tor Teen.
For the Win
4 stars
(4 reviews)
For the Win is the second young adult science fiction novel by Canadian author Cory Doctorow. It was released in May 2010. The novel is available free on the author's website as a Creative Commons download, and is also published in traditional paper form by Tor Books. The book is centered on massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Even though the novel is targeted toward young adults, it takes on significant concepts such as macroeconomics and labor rights. It covers the new and fast evolving concept of virtual economy. It also deals with MMORPG specific topics like gold farming and power-leveling.
crabbygirl reviewed For the Win by Cory Doctorow
Review of 'For the Win' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
wow. another A-Ma-Zing book from cory doctorow.
again he projects the future (this is science fiction after all) while managing to educate the reader about the past. in this case, he's covering economics, the forming of unions, pyramid schemes, and the social contract - all while setting his story on the international stage: india, china, the US and indonesia. and again his book is labelled Young Adult - which is the best audience to learn some of this stuff. think of 'a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down'... his exciting plots are more like a whole candy store.
i love how this author takes his subject matter seriously. he refuses to let Apple sell his novels because he disagrees with how Apple's digital rights management hobbles their competitors in perpetuity. in fact, he's put this whole book on-line, free for anyone to read. he believes copyright is only …
wow. another A-Ma-Zing book from cory doctorow.
again he projects the future (this is science fiction after all) while managing to educate the reader about the past. in this case, he's covering economics, the forming of unions, pyramid schemes, and the social contract - all while setting his story on the international stage: india, china, the US and indonesia. and again his book is labelled Young Adult - which is the best audience to learn some of this stuff. think of 'a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down'... his exciting plots are more like a whole candy store.
i love how this author takes his subject matter seriously. he refuses to let Apple sell his novels because he disagrees with how Apple's digital rights management hobbles their competitors in perpetuity. in fact, he's put this whole book on-line, free for anyone to read. he believes copyright is only applicable to money making endeavors - NOT a way to control distribution of a product. and when people want to donate money to him on the website that hosts his book - he encourages that donation to go to his publisher, (promoting the business that sustains authors) or to librarians (whose funding is continuously shrinking).
what's not to like about this guy?
Subjects
- Teens -- Science Fiction & Fantasy -- Fantasy
- Teens -- Science Fiction & Fantasy -- Science Fiction
- Teens -- Social Issues