Free eBook and AudioBook: ‘With a Little Help’ by Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow has just launched his self-published short story collection With a Little Help. The book is availble in paperback, super-limited hardcover, and audiobook for a fee. There are also free digital editions (including a free audiobook with an impressive list of narrators).
Here’s the table of contents:
- “The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away”
- “The Right Book”
- “Other Peoples’ Money”
- “Scroogled”
- “Human Readable”
- “Liberation Spectrum”
- “Power Punctuation!”
- “Visit the Sins”
- “Constitutional Crisis”
- “Pester Power”
- “Chicken Little”
- “Epoch”
- “I’m Only In It For the Money” (by Russell Galen, Cory’s agent)
Ah, I remember Leo Laporte recording his story a while ago on the live video stream. He kept redoing parts to get it perfect.
Curious if others recommend this. Haven’t read any Doctorow yet. Would this be a good place to start?
Start with Little Brother.
I don’t know if I’d use Little Brother as an intro to Doctorow. His look at the potential for government infringement on individual rights is certainly important subject matter, but I don’t think it’s his best written work. I thought his long-winded technical asides for things like encryption repeatedly brought the narrative to a screeching halt.
My suggestion to get into Doctorow would be his short story collection A Place so Foreign and 8 More. You’ll find out pretty quickly with a short story whether you like his writing style and ideas. If you want to start with a novel, I’d suggest Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom.
The only thing I really liked was the comic book adaption of Anda’s Game. I think there’s a free download.
Thanks for the info guys! I’ll check out some short stories first.