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Makers

By Cory Doctorow

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

In a world of rapid change, a journalist uncovers a CEO's radical plan to transform failing companies, where innovation meets job loss and the future of creation hangs in the balance.

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2010-12-01
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Summary

"Makers" by Cory Doctorow is a science fiction story that explores a future of creation and change. Suzanne Church, a journalist covering Silicon Valley, finds herself at the center of a whirlwind when a peculiar CEO named Landon Kettlewell unveils his unusual plan to revolutionize two struggling companies by turning them into a hub for entrepreneurial teams. Faced with doubt from the press and the threat of job losses, Suzanne navigates through the complex world of technology and business, witnessing the shifting landscape of innovation and its effects on ordinary people, and the narrative combines humor, comments on society and the economy, and futuristic ideas as it examines the meaning of creation in a rapidly evolving world.

About the Author

Cory Efram Doctorow is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of its licences for his books. Some common themes of his work include digital rights management, file sharing, and post-scarcity economics.

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