DOWN AND OUT IN THE MAGIC KINGDOM by Cory Doctorow
Doctorow's got an interesting idea of where we are headed in the Bitchun Society ... backed up memories that can be dumped into newly cloned bodies so death is gone, money has been replaced by Whuffie which is based on how much others like you, and a Disney World where you can live full time. It makes an intriguing idea of the future but ultimately this fast pace, quick read comes to no conclusions about what all this technology does for the human condition. It has about as much depth as one of the rides at Disney World that is being fought over for much of the book.
HC grade: 2 out of 4 bookmarks.
This is #11 of books read in 2006.
No comments:
Post a Comment