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Quotes from Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom — Cory Doctorow

born 1971 Canada

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First-time novelists have a tough row to hoe. Our publishers don’t have a lot of promotional budget to throw at unknown factors like us. Mostly, we rise and fall based on word-of-mouth.

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (2003)

I enlisted my readers in the service of a grand experiment, to see how my book could find its way into cultural relevance and commercial success. The experiment worked out very satisfactorily.

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (2003)

The Bitchun Society has had much experience with restores from backup—in the era of the cure for death, people live pretty recklessly. Some people get refreshed a couple dozen times a year.

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (2003)

I lived long enough to see the cure for death; to see the rise of the Bitchun Society, to learn ten languages; to compose three symphonies; to realize my boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World; to see the death of the workplace and of work.

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (2003)

It’s important that whoever I am then knows about this year, and it’s going to take a lot of tries for me to get it right.

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (2003)

The Bitchun Society had all but done away with any sort of dull, repetitious labor, and what remained—tending bar, mopping toilets—commanded Whuffie aplenty and a life of leisure in your off-hours.

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (2003)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Cory Doctorow (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.