Eastern Standard Tribe
Cory Doctorow
Read by Cory Doctorow
Art is an up-and-coming interface designer, working on the management of data flow along the Massachusetts Turnpike. He's doing the best work of his career and can guarantee that the system will be, without question, the most counterintuitive, user-hostile piece of software ever pushed forth into the world.
Why? Because Art is an industrial saboteur. He may live in London and work for an EU telecommunications megacorp, but Art's real home is the Eastern Standard Tribe.
The comm -- instant wireless communication -- puts everyone in touch with everyone else, twenty-four hours a day. But one thing hasn't changed: the need for sleep. The world is slowly splintering into Tribes held together by common time zones, less than families and more than nations. And Art is working to humiliate the Greenwich Mean Tribe to the benefit of his own people.
The world of next week is overflowing with ubiquitous computing, where an idea scribbled onto one's comm can revolutionize an industry. But in a world without boundaries, nothing can be taken for granted -- not happiness, not money, and, most certainly, not love.
Which might explain why Art finds himself stranded on the roof of an insane asylum outside Boston, debating whether to push a pencil into his brain. Happiness or smarts? What's it going to be, Art?
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Reviews
By: Nick
There's probably a good story in here, but I won't find out by listening to it. Cory Doctorow, like so many other authors, just goes too fast, and it's really frustrating. I felt like I was being rushed along. I couldn't sit back and enjoy the story, as I had ...
By: Cory
I wouldn't change the reading pace. I actually am thrilled by the pace.. you just have to listen fast. He doesn't waste my time. Trust me, audiobooks read too slow are WAYYYYY more annoying. Loved the book, Doc. Incidentally, you should use your clout as a goggle-wearing hot air balloon ...
By: Laura Church
It took me two tries to get into this book, just because of the reading/ performing style. But wow, great book and the style so totally fits the characters/ setting. The concept of being aligned with a time zone is intriguing also. Now, six months later, I find myself still ...
By: Jeffrey
Terrific book! I loved the delicately styled plot and shifts back and forth from the asylum to the lead-up. Cory is a great reader; I'm glad I listened to this instead of reading it, as it made me laugh out loud quite a bit, but was also poignant and powerful ...
By: Yttermayn
Excellent book. I had the same thought about the speed at which it was read. SLLLOOOWWWW would be annoying, but making sure the transition pauses are in there would help with flow. I love the concepts in this book. I swear, I think an agent provocatuer had a hand in ...
By: Detrick
Story: good. Reading: fair. I enjoyed the story itself well enough. Not my favorite book ever, but it didn't turn me off, either. I really disliked the reading, though. The overall speed was fine, but I found it too monotonous and difficult to keep track of which character was speaking. ...
By: Robert Pedreira
I loved everything about this book, the pace, the plot and the author reading it. I would love to hear another like it along the same lines. The story was easy to follow and the writing was great. Doctorow's fast pace and writing style is unequalled by writers today. His ...
By: Kathryn
Thank you. Terrific story; can imagine an expanded book with expanded scenes & a fun, fast-paced movie ala Oceans Eleven. No criticism of production since it is in Creative Commons, not Amazon. How about a contest to see who can do a better job! I just enjoyed the ride.