[Books] Cory Doctorow - Makers

Damn, this post took me forever. Not the mere writing / creating of the post, but the phase from deciding to post about it to actually posting it. To be honest, I am a bit lazy when it comes to writing for the blog. Also, as I said before, there will be better reviews than mine, no matter how much time I'd invest. So I decided to search for interesting parts which I can scan, which are interesting for my readers. As this blog is mostly about music I came to think of music-related parts as especially interesting. Funnily, I come across descriptions of all kinds of musical phenomena, in more books than I'd have expected. 

Anyways, this one is a great example by Cory Doctorow. The book is available as free download on Mr.Doctorow's blog Craphound.

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For the win / Makers by Cory Doctorow

What a great, exciting, informative and inspiring book "For The Win" was to me. And even though I am not a native English speaker it was very easy to read after having adapted the gaming vocabulary (don't worry girls, it's not that much). So again, I advise anyone who's familiar with the english language to give it a try in the original version.

I don't want to write a review, since I bet there are 20+ reviews to be found in the internet and all of them are probably better than mine would be.You can find one here by wired.com and another one here on SFSite.

To introduce the author, Cory Doctorow, I have linked an interview with him. It is mostly about Makers, another novel he wrote, and, of course, For The Win. Just to let you know, Cory Doctorow has been voted amongst the 25 most influential persons in the Internet by the Forbes magazine. Check the corresponding article.

A definitive must-read for everybody interested in the internet, gaming, economy and science fiction. Escpecially a must-read for everybody else.