'Walkaway' by Cory Doctorow is a near-future science fiction novel that explores a world where people choose to walk away from a society controlled by rich oligarchs and create a new civilization in deserted areas. The story delves into themes of economics, politics, technology, ethics, psychology, and anarchy, painting a picture of a future where individuals build communities based on shared resources and ideals. The narrative follows a group of characters navigating through a world of abundance, revolution, and resistance against the powerful forces trying to maintain the status quo.
The writing style of 'Walkaway' is described as a mix of dialogue-heavy storytelling, detailed descriptions, and philosophical discussions. The author, Cory Doctorow, weaves together complex ideas and concepts with a focus on social change, human nature, and the impact of technology on society. presents a dark yet hopeful vision of the future, challenging readers to consider alternative ways of living and organizing communities in a world marked by scarcity and inequality.
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Content warnings may include discussions of violence, class struggle, and the consequences of capitalism.
From The Publisher:
Kirkus' Best Fiction of 2017
From New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow, an epic tale of revolution, love, post-scarcity, and the end of death.
"Walkaway is now the best contemporary example I know of, its utopia glimpsed after fascinatingly-extrapolated revolutionary struggle." -William Gibson
Hubert Vernon Rudolph Clayton Irving Wilson Alva Anton Jeff Harley Timothy Curtis Cleveland Cecil Ollie Edmund Eli Wiley Marvin Ellis Espinoza-known to his friends as Hubert, Etc-was too old to be at that Communist party.
But after watching the breakdown of modern society, he really has no where left to be-except amongst the dregs of disaffected youth who party all night and heap scorn on the sheep they see on the morning commute. After falling in with Natalie, an ultra-rich heiress trying to escape the clutches of her repressive father, the two decide to give up fully on formal society-and walk away.
After all, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life-food, clothing, shelter-from a computer, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system.
It's still a dangerous world out there, the empty lands wrecked by climate change, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish, more people join them. Then the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it's war - a war that will turn the world upside down.
Fascinating, moving, and darkly humorous, Walkaway is a multi-generation science fiction thriller about the wrenching changes of the next hundred years…and the very human people who will live their consequences.
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About the Author:
CORY DOCTOROW is special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an MIT Media Lab Research Associate and a visiting professor of Computer Science at the Open University. His award-winning novel Little Brother and its sequel Homeland were a New York Times bestsellers. Born and raised in Canada, he lives in Los Angeles.
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