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Doctorow, Cory

Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom

Doctorow, Cory
Good story about "politics" in the Disney World a hundred or so years from now.

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12/2022

Eastern Standard Tribe

Doctorow, Cory
An industrial saboteur ends up in the looney bin, but designs a better widget. Chapter 15 may be the shortest chapter I've ever seen!

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9/2009

Little Brother

Doctorow, Cory
It only took me 60 pages to get the meaning of the title! Very techy story of teen in San Francisco arrested by the Dept. of Homeland Security after a terrorist bombing of the bridge. Too YA for our middle school library!

Words I Had To Look Up:

pizza...cold and clabbered (pg. 339) -- Of milk or cream : having thickened or curdled.

Quote:

Take it from someone who's read the Wikipedia entry:..." -- (pg. 90)

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4/2009

Overclocked: Stories of the future present

Doctorow, Cory
Six pretty darn good stories. And to think I almost didn't check this book out!
I found the word "hoodies" disconcerting in the sort of Asimov sort of parody I,Robot, since Merriam-Webster says that word dates from 1992.

Words I Had To Look Up:

saisoneur (pg. 172) -- I got nothun'. "saison" is French for "season". Maybe it is someone who stays for a long time?

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8/2009

Somone Comes To Town, Somone Leaves Town

Doctorow, Cory
Fantasy meets the internet. A great book, but I got a little mixed-up sometimes in the non-sequentially told story. I teared up a bit when Alan's mother died. A lot of sadness, a bit of joy. I don't get the title, though.

Words I Had To Look Up:

counting out a float (pg. 136) -- The sum of money added to a cash register at the beginning of a shift for change-making purposes and subtracted at the end of the shift.
craquelure (pg. 293) -- A network of fine cracks that may appear in applied paint over time for various reasons.

Quote:

"Look, I'm not trying to be cruel here, but you're generation-blind. The Internet is a great, but it's not the last great thing we'll ever invent. My pops was a mainframe guy, he thought PCs were toys. You're a PC guy, so you think my phone is a toy." (pg. 275) Wow, he's talking about ME!

Library Quote:

To the librarian, this shelf-reading looked like your garden-variety screwing around, but what really made her nervous were Alan's excursions through the card catalogue, which required constant tending to replace the cards that errant patrons made unauthorized reorderings of. (pg. 71) Several other good library quotes on this page.

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8/2009

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7/2022
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