“I know many science fiction writers engaged in the cyber-world, but Cory Doctorow is a native…We should all hope and trust that our culture has the guts and moxie to follow this guy. He’s got a lot to tell us.” —Bruce Sterling on Cory Doctorow

“Utterly contemporary and deeply peculiar-a hard combination to beat (or, these days, to find).” —William Gibson, author of Neuromancer, on Eastern Standard Tribe

“Doctorow throws off cool ideas the way champagne generates bubbles…[he] definitely has the goods to be a major player in postcyberpunk science fiction. His ideas are fresh and his attitude highly engaging.” —San Francisco Chronicle on Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

“Artful and confident…Like William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, Doctorow has discovered that the present world is science fiction, if you look at it from the right angle.” —Vancouver Sun on Eastern Standard Tribe

“Doctorow peppers his novel with technology so palpable you want to order it up on the web. You’ll probably get the chance. But technology is not the point here. What is unexpected, shocking even, is how smart Doctorow is when it comes to the human heart, and how well he’s able to articulate it….He seems smart because he makes the reader feel smart. When Doctorow talks, when Art argues, we just get it. There’s nothing between the language and the meaning. The prose is funny, simple and straightforward. This is a no-BS book.” —NPR on Eastern Standard Tribe