The Canadian Miracle: A Tor.Com Original

by Cory Doctorow

Overview

Short fiction from science fiction author, activist, and journalist Cory Doctorow!

A contentious election and radicalized locals interfere with Canadian recovery workers' efforts at the site of a catastrophic flood in near-future Mississippi. This story is set in the same future as Cory Doctorow's novel The Lost Cause.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250348425
Publisher:	Tor Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/01/2023
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, and journalist. He is the author of the international young adult LITTLE BROTHER series. He is also the author of the nonfiction books CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM (with Rebecca Giblin), about creative labor markets and monopoly; HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM, about conspiracies and monopolies; of the adult science fiction books RADICALIZED, WALKAWAY, RED TEAM BLUES, and THE LOST CAUSE; and of a YA graphic novel called IN REAL LIFE and other young adult novels like PIRATE CINEMA. His first picture book was POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER. His nonfiction book THE INTERNET CON: HOW TO SEIZE THE MEANS OF COMPUTATION, is a Big Tech disassembly manual about monopoly and radical interoperability. He maintains a daily blog, Pluralistic. He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, is a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University, a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in Los Angeles. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. In 2022, he earned the Sir Arthur Clarke Imagination in Service to Society Award for lifetime achievement. York University (Canada) made him an Honourary Doctor of Laws; and the Open University (UK) made him an Honourary Doctor of Computer Science.
Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books, including The Lost Cause, a solarpunk science-fiction novel of hope amidst the climate emergency. His nonfiction book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation is a Big Tech disassembly manual. Other recent books include Red Team Blues, a science fiction crime thriller; Chokepoint Capitalism, nonfiction about monopoly and creative labor markets; the Little Brother series for young adults; In Real Life, a graphic novel; and the picture book Poesy the Monster Slayer. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.