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Cory Doctorow
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Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author
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Cory Efram Doctorow is a Canadian, British, and American science fiction writer, blogger, editor, and journalist. Born in Toronto on 17 July 1971, he writes in English and is influenced by William Gibson, George Orwell, and Isaac Asimov. His notable works include *Little Brother* and the concept of enshittification. He has also authored *Tesseracts eleven*, *Year's Best Science Fiction on Earth 3*, *Homeland*, *picks & shovels*, and *Watchlist*.
Doctorow has been employed by The Open University, the University of Southern California, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Boing Boing. He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and identifies as an atheist. His professional affiliations include a significant relationship with Tim Wu. He resides in Toronto, Los Angeles, and London.
His literary achievements include receiving the EFF Award, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, the Locus Award for Best First Novel, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. He has also been nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette, the Locus Award for Best Short Story, the Locus Award for Best First Novel, and the Nebula Award for Best Novel.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 17 July 1971
- Works
- 102
Top works
- Tesseracts eleven
- Year's Best Science Fiction on Earth 3
- Homeland
- picks & shovels
- Watchlist
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cory Doctorow ( born July 17, 1971) is a Canadian blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of their licences for his books. Some common themes of his work include digital…
Known for
- AI and the Death of the Internet2025
- Hacking at Leaves — Self2024
- The IT Crowd Manual — Self2014
- The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz — Self2014
- InRealLife — Himself2013
- RiP!: A Remix Manifesto — Self2008
- The Daily Show — Self1996
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1971-07-17 ) 17 July 1971 (age 54) , Toronto, Ontario , Canada
- Occupation
- Author, blogger
- Nationality
- Canadian, British, American
- Genre
- Science fiction , postcyberpunk
- Notable works
- Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom ; Little Brother
- Notable awards
- John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer John W. Campbell Memorial Award Prometheus Award Sunburst Award
- Spouse
- Alice Taylor ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. October 2008</span>"}]]}'>2008 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Toronto
- Employer
- University of Waterloo
- Political party
- Democratic Socialists of America
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Genre
- science fiction
- Official website
- www.craphound.com
- Image
- Cory Doctorow by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- Residence
- London
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- Commons category
- Cory Doctorow
- date of birth
- 1971-07-17
- Commons gallery
- Cory Doctorow
- nominated for
- Theodore Sturgeon Award
- influenced by
- Isaac Asimov
- Commons Creator page
- Cory Doctorow
- social media followers
- 9980
- name in native language
- Cory Efram Doctorow
- writing language
- English language
- has written for
- Boing Boing
- significant person
- Tim Wu
- official blog URL
- pluralistic.net
- official shop URL
- shop.craphound.com
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Cory Efram Doctorow (/ˈkɔːri ˈdɒktəroʊ/; born 17 July 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalizing copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of its licences for his books. Some common themes of his work include digital rights management, file sharing, and post-scarcity economics.
Life and career
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