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Down and Out in Brazilian Portuguese

José Rafael Zullo has translated my first novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, into Brazilian Portuguese, using the Creative Commons license to make a free and freely reusable version of the text...

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Down and Out is the summer reading pick at McMaster U

This is sweet — the McMaster University Daily News Summer Book Club has chosen my novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom as their summer reading pick. “I chose Cory Doctorow’s Down and Out in the...

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German edition of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom – also CC licensed!

Backup, the German edition of my novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom has just been published by Heyne. Down and Out was the first novel released under a Creative Commons licensed, distributed for...

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Penguicon adopts a Whuffie economy

Matt sez, “The science fiction and software event Penguicon is converting its volunteer rewards system into Whuffie, the reputation economy from Cory Doctorow’s science fiction novel Down and Out in...

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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom in French

FolioSF has just published the French edition of my first novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, translated by Gilles Goullet under the title “Dans la dèche au Royaume Enchanté.” It’s available in...

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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom free reading from Podiobooks

The good folks at Podiobooks have taken advantage of the Creative Commons license on my novels and put together a fantastic free recording of my first novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (this is...

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Down and Out podcast interview

I’m in the current Swords and Lasers podcast, talking about Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. It was a lot of fun! MP3 Link

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Alternate cover for Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

Danielle Mathieux, an MFA student, produced an alternate cover for my novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom as part of her degree. She’s released it under a Creative Commons...

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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom: Utopianism and the problems with Whuffie

Duke University’s Gerry Canavan is teaching my novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom in a class on utopias and he conducted an interview with me on the subject for the course: CD: I based Whuffie at...

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Bulgarian Creative Commons fan-trans of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

A group of Bulgarian fans have produced a free/open translation of my first novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. It was edited by Milena Ivanova, cover art by Biliana Savova, and features an...

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Disney-fan’s discussion of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

Jennifer Hoffman’s written an interesting guide to Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom: I first discovered this novel shortly after it’s release, when prowling my local library for books about Disney...

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Down and Out redesign

Bruce Campbell did a nice PDF redesign of the text of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, my first novel. Thanks, Bruce!

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Alternate covers for DOWN AND OUT IN THE MAGIC KINGDOM

Brian J. Smith created a series of covers for my novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. I really like the busted animatronic!

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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom free audiobook

Sean Puckett has read my first novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, aloud for the Voices in the Dark site. The download is free and CC licensed, and it’s very good. Down and Out in the Magic...

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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom free audiobook

Sean Puckett has read my first novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, aloud for the Voices in the Dark site. The download is free and CC licensed, and it’s very good. Down and Out in the Magic...

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Ten Years On

Here’s a reading of my recent Locus column, Ten Years On, in which I reflect on my first decade as a novelist and discuss a possible further volume related to Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, my...

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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 01

As I mentioned in my March Locus column, I’m celebrating the tenth anniversary of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by planning a prequel volume. As part of that planning, I’m going to read aloud the...

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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 02

As I mentioned in my March Locus column, I’m celebrating the tenth anniversary of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by planning a prequel volume. As part of that planning, I’m going to read aloud the...

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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom illo

(Click to embiggen) Illustrator Brian J. Smith did me the tremendous honor of creating this fabulous, detailed illustration inspired by my novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, which turned ten...

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Whuffie would be a terrible currency

My latest Locus column, Wealth Inequality Is Even Worse in Reputation Economies, explains the ways in which “reputation” makes a poor form of currency — in a nutshell, reputation doesn’t fulfill most...

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