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Cory Doctorow

*Picks and Shovels* is a new, standalone technothriller starring Marty Hench, my two-fisted, hard-fighting, tech-scam-busting forensic accountant. You can pre-order it on my latest Kickstarter, which features a brilliant audiobook read by Wil Wheaton:

martinhench.com

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2025/01/07/wei

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A mockup of a cellphone playing the audiobook of Picks and Shovels. Next to it is a Stephen Fry quote: 'I hugely enjoyed it. The reconstruction of the age is note perfect: the detail, the atmosphere, ethos, flavor and smell of the age is perfectly conveyed.'
Calicoday :gamedev:

@pluralistic I admit, the "smell of the age" is not something I'm keen to return to but I'll stand it for the rest. Wishing you the best for this new work! 😸

Jan 07, 2025, 02:35 PM·Public
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