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[bryant]

Cory Doctorow’s written a short story, "Truncat", set in the same world as Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. It’s on Salon so you’ll need to wander through their day pass thing. But hey, it’s a good day for it. You get Kaufman agreeing with me on Pedro, a nifty article on Bollywood, and some Al Franken miscellanea.

Where was I? Ah, yeah; it’s not a bad story. It’s more transfictionalist stuff, which is all good, but there’s still a tendency to neglect the characters in service of the cool technological concept. Campbell would love Doctorow, which is not a bad thing. Worth reading.

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[jeregenest.livejournal.com]

I'm not a huge fan of Doctorow. His lack of characterization bothers me and I always feel like I'm reading an article in Wired when I give his stuff a chance.

That and he suffers from the common inability to craft an ending.