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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Books Cory Doctorow's 81-Piece Novel
Posted by Alison Hallett on Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:23 AM
I don't have much patience for serialized fiction. I prefer my comics as trades and my TV as six-hour DVD marathons. I also don't like reading things on my computer—I've had a pdf of local writer/artist duo Jamie S. Rich and Joelle Jones' much-anticipated new graphic novel You Have Killed Me sitting on my desktop for months, but I'm just not going to read it until Oni Press sends me a hard copy (HINT).
But now Tor is serializing Cory Doctorow's new novel Makers in 81 chunks on their website, promising new installments every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with illustrations by Idiots' Books. I want to read it. I just don't want to read it like that. But I will. Well played, new media. Well played. (Background on the project: Here.)
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They're releasing the whole book in November. It's not that long of a wait. Don't let them think that they can get away with this kinda crap.
Flash games and remixing and book serialization? Web 2.0? More like Web 2.nope.
I followed the Salon serialization of the first 50k words (called Theme Punks), and enjoyed it tremendously. Looking forward to the next part!
If the serialization format bothers you, wait until its all done and read it in one sitting. Its free, you can't really complain
Doctorow and his cult of personality are entirely indicative of the current Portland miasma. Bandwagon blowhards who come off as snobbish know-it-alls, when in fact anyone who has interest/history with the development of the underground can see right past the sensationalism. What you call cutting edge is merely a watered-down, commercialized version of DIY activism.
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