Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
by Cory Doctorow · first published 2005
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Alan is a middle-aged entrepreneur in contemporary Toronto, who has devoted himself to fixing up a house in a bohemian neighborhood. This naturally brings him in contact with the house full of students and layabouts next door, including a young woman who, in a moment of stress, reveals to him that she has wings--wings, moreover, which grow back after each attempt to cut them off. Alan understands. He himself has a secret or two. His father is a mountain; his mother is a washing machine; and among his brothers are a set of Russian nesting dolls. Now two of the three nesting dolls, Edward
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Hilarious and sad describe much of Doctorow's work. Though I'd characterize "Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town" as superbly creepy.
on “Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019” ↗…https://slashdot.org/story/05/07/13/236203/doctorow-and-stro... > Two prominent science fiction authors have recently released their newest novels as free downloads to coincide with their in-store releases. The first is Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, by Cory Doctorow. This is an unconventional story about an entrepreneur (who happens to be the child of a mountain and a washing machine) who gets involved in a scheme to blanket Toronto with free wireless…
on “Accelerando (2005)” ↗Haven't read it yet,but I just downloaded the TXT version (which I always do). I am a not-so-long time fan of cory(2 years). I have read all of his novels (someone comes to town someone leaves town). Was attracted to his writings through his podcasts. I love the open touch he adds to his writings by launching them with a creative commons licenses on the same day as the launch of the paper version.…
on “Launch of Makers, Cory Doctorow's novel on Hardware Hackers.” ↗