Pirate Cinema (novel)
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| Author | Cory Doctorow |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Published | Tor Books |
Publication date | 2012 |
| Publication place | US |
| Media type | Book |
| Awards | 2013 Prometheus Award |
| ISBN | 978-0-765-32908-0 |
Pirate Cinema is a 2012 novel by Canadian-British writer Cory Doctorow. The novel is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license and is available free on the author's website.
The novel is set in a dystopian near-future Britain where the government is effectively controlled by media corporations. The main character, Trent McCauley, has had his internet access cut for reassembling downloaded films on his computer and, living rough on the streets of London, is trying to fight the introduction of a new draconian copyright law.
Pirate Cinema won the 2013 Prometheus Award.[1]
The US hardcover is 384 pages long.[2]
This book was also featured as an e-book in the Humble eBook Bundle.[3] The bundle raised more than $1.2 million, with customers paying an average amount of $14.29 for the bundle.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "July, 2013: Prometheus Award Winners".
- ^ Doctorow, Cory (2012), Pirate Cinema, p. 416, ISBN 978-0-765-32908-0
- ^ "Introducing the Humble eBook Bundle! | Humble Mumble". blog.humblebundle.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14.
- ^ "Humble Bundle | Prior Bundle Statistics". Archived from the original on 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
Further reading
[edit]- "[Book Review] Pirate Cinema". Libromancer's Apprentice: Explorations and Experiences of a Technology Services Librarian. June 7, 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Berry, Michael (22 October 2012). "Book Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Berry, Michael (19 November 2012). "Science fiction and fantasy books, November". SFGATE. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Billings, Al (13 July 2012). "A Review of Doctorow's Pirate Cinema". Open Buddha. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Billings, Al (13 July 2012). "A Review of Doctorow's Pirate Cinema". Mozilla Quality Assurance. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Bridges, C. A. (11 October 2012). "'Pirate Cinema' depicts all-too-likely future". Daytona Beach News-Journal. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - Ceceri, Kathy. "Review: Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow". Wired. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Childs, Ann (2 October 2012). "Pirate Cinema". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Englert, Michael (4 November 2020). "5 Best Cory Doctorow Books (2020)". Ereads. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Filippo, Paul Di (25 September 2012). "Dual Singularity". The Barnes & Noble Review. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Harzewski, Bonnie (7 September 2007). "Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow". Book Advice. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Hastjarjanto, Tessa (14 September 2018). "Recommended Reading: Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow". Narratess. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Hertling, William (5 October 2012). "Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow Review". William Hertling's Thoughtstream. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Jones, Antony (6 August 2013). "Book review of Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow". Science Fiction Fantasy Book Reviews. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Killjoy, Margaret (7 May 2019). "Review of Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow". Birds Before the Storm. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Raets, Stefan (2 October 2012). "You Can Be Active with the Activists or Sleeping with the Sleepers: Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow". Tor.com. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- S., Ana (27 February 2004). "Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow". things mean a lot. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Varnham, Scott (16 July 2013). "Book Review: Pirate Cinema". STARBURST Magazine. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- "Children's Book Review: Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow. Tor Teen, $19.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-7653-2908-0". PublishersWeekly.com. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- "Pirate Cinema - Cory Doctorow (Review)". HuffPost. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- "Microreview: Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow". nerds of a feather, flock together. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- "Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow". Far Beyond Reality. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- "Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow". Law and the Multiverse. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- "Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow". The Ranting Dragon. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- "Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow". Tor Teen. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- "Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow". Worlds Without End. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Pirate Cinema, by Cory Doctorow. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2020 – via Booklist Online. Excerpt at https://craphound.com/pc/2012/10/01/pc-booklist/
- "Pirate Cinema. Book Review". The British Fantasy Society. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- "Thoughts on Cory Doctorow's Pirate Cinema (and Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom)". Jo Lindsay Walton. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- "With Pirate Cinema, Cory Doctorow Grows His Young Hacker Army". WIRED. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- http://lfs.org/blog/artistic-liberty-internet-freedom-downloading-state-surveillance-copyright-and-government-control-an-appreciation-of-cory-doctorows-pirate-cinema-the-2013-prometheus-award-winner-for-be/
- https://www.overthinkingit.com/2012/10/31/pirate-cinema-cory-doctorow/
- https://www.readme.lk/pirate-cinema-beautiful/
External links
[edit]- Official Book Page on Cory Doctorow's website
- Online Version of the book
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