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1、CoryDoctorowEasternStandardTribe1EasternStandardTribeBlurbs:CoryDoctorow“Utterlycontemporaryanddeeplypeculiar—ahardcombinationtobeat(or,thesedays,tofind).”Copyright2004CoryDoctorow-WilliamGibson,AuthorofNeuromancerdoctorow@craphound.comhttp://www.craphound.com/est“CoryDoctorowknocksmeout
2、.Inagoodway.“TorBooks,March2004-PatCadigan,ISBN:0765307596AuthorofSynners“CoryDoctorowisjustfarenoughaheadofthegametogiveyouthatauthenticchillofthefuture,andcloseenoughtohomeforustoknowthathe’stalkingaboutwhereweliveaswellaswherewe’regoingtolive;aconnectedworldfullofdisconnectedpeople.On
3、eofwhomisabouttolobotomisehimselfthroughthenostrilwithapencil.Funnyashellandsharpassteel.”-WarrenEllis,AuthorofTransmetropolitanCoryDoctorowEasternStandardTribe2moreorless.I’masciencefictionwriter.OnewaytoknowtheAnoteaboutthisbook:futureistolookgoodandhardatthepresent.Here’sathingI’venot
4、icedaboutthepresent:morepeoplearereadingmorewordsoffofmorescreensthaneverbefore.Here’sanotherLastyear,inJanuary2003,myfirstnovelthingI’venoticedaboutthepresent:fewerpeoplearereading[http://craphound.com/down]cameout.Iwas31yearsold,andfewerwordsoffoffewerpagesthaneverbefore.ThatI’dbeencal
5、lingmyselfanovelistsincetheageof12.Itwasthedoesn’tmeanthatthebookisdying—nomorethantheadventstorieddream-of-a-lifetime,come-true-at-last.Iwasandamoftheprintingpressandthede-emphasisofBible-copyingproudashellofthatbook,eventhoughitisjustonebookmonksmeantthatthebookwasdying—butitdoesmeanth
6、atamongmanyreleasedlastyear,betterthansome,poorerthanthebookischanging.Ithinkthatliteratureisaliveandwell:others;andeventhoughtheprint-run(whichsoldoutverywe’rereadingourbrainsout!Ijustthinkthatthecomplexquickly!)thoughgenerousbysciencefictionstandards,hardlysocialpracticeof“book”—ofwhic
7、habunchofpaperpagesqualifiesitasaworkofmassentertainment.betweentwocoversisthemereexpression—istransformingandwilltransformfurther.Thethingthat’sextraordinaryaboutthatfirstnovelisthatitwasreleasedundertermsgovernedbyaCreativeCommonsIintendonfiguringoutwhatit’stransforming
