For the Win von Cory Doctorow
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Kategorie: Bücher
Seiten / Format: 506 S
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Verlag: HarperCollins UKHarperVoyager
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN: 9780007291182
'Combines the real and virtual worlds in style. A cracking read'Sun
'Doctorow isn't afraid of taking on big ideas and difficult themes... An exhilarating, unputdownable novel'Guardian
Praise for LITTLE BROTHER:
'I'd recommend'Little Brother'over pretty much any book I've read this year. Because I think it'll change lives. It's a wonderful, important book'Neil Gaiman
'Cory Doctorow's novel could hardly be more relevant, scary and eye-opening ... seriously entertaining.'The Times
'A well structured and superbly executed thriller with breakneck pacing and an emotional payoff to boot. Engaging, thought provoking, and at times harrowing.SciFi Now
'An entertaining thriller and a thoughful polemic on Internet-era civil rights ... a terrific read'New York Times
A provocative and exhilarating tale of teen rebellion against global corporations from the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother.
Die nahe Zukunft: nicht nur Kapital ist inzwischen globalisiert, auch Arbeit. In besonderen Zonen leben in Armut Arbeiter, ohne die Möglichkeit, sich aus ihrer Situation zu befreien. Einige Jugendliche, verteilt über die ganze Welt, entdecken die höchst unwahrscheinliche Möglichkeit, gegen die Wirtschaftsbosse anzugehen: über Online-Videospiele vereinigen sie sich, um für ihre Rechte zu kämpfen. Bald kämpfen sie auch um ihr Leben...A provocative and exhilarating tale of teen rebellion against global corporations from the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother.
Not far in the future...
In the twenty-first century, it's not just capital that's globalized: labour is too. Workers in special economic zones are trapped in lives of poverty with no trade unions to represent their rights. But a group of teenagers from across the world are set to fight this injustice using the most surprising of tools - their online video games.
In Industrial South China Matthew and his friends labour day and night as gold-farmers, amassing virtual wealth that's sold on to rich Western players, while in the slums of Mumbai'General Robotwallah'Mala marshalls her team of online thugs on behalf of the local gang-boss, who in turn works for the game-owners. They're all being exploited, as their friend Wei-Dong, all the way over in LA, knows, but can do little about.
Until they begin to realize that their similarities outweigh their differences, and agree to work together to claim their rights to fair working conditions. Under the noses of the ruling elites in China and the rest of Asia, they fight their bosses, the owners of the games and rich speculators, outsmarting them all with their gaming skills. But soon the battle will spill over from the virtual world to the real one, leaving Mala, Matthew and even Wei-Dong fighting not just for their rights, but for their lives...
GBCory Doctorow war Buchhändler und schreibt Science-Fiction-Romane sowie Kolumnen. Er gewann den Campbell Award, dreimal den Locus Award und wurde für den Hugo und den Nebula Award nominiert. Der Autor setzt sich für die Freiheit der Datenverbreitung ein und zählt laut Forbes Magazine zu den 25 wichtigsten Web-Influencers der Welt.Cory Doctorow is co-editor of BoingBoing.net and the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He writes columns for Make, Information Week, the Guardian online and Locus. He has won the Locus Award for his fiction three times, been nominated for the Hugo and the Nebula, won the Campbell Award and was named one of the internet's top 25 influencers by Forbes magazine and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He hopes you'll use technology to change the world.
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