Astounding Award for Best New Writer
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (2000) award
Cory Doctorow
コリイ・ドクトロウ
Korii Dokutorou
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1971-07-17 （Toronto, Ontario, Canada）
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Toronto (born) → London (resided)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Blogger, Journalist, Copyright/Internet Activist
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Affiliations
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (Fellow), Open Rights Group (founding supporter), Opencola (co-founder)
- Influenced By
- E. L. Doctorow
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarion Workshop | — | — | — | — | United States |
Clarion Workshop
Country:
United States
Attended the Clarion short-term writers' workshop
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer | — | — | Science fiction community award | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Locus Award (Best First Novel) | Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom | 第一長篇部門 | Locus Magazine | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Sunburst Award | A Place So Foreign and Eight More | — | Sunburst Award committee | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Locus Award (Novelette/Novella categories) | I, Robot | ノヴェレット | Locus Magazine | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Locus Award (Novelette) | When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth | ノヴェレット | Locus Magazine | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award | — | — | Electronic Frontier Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Locus Award (Novella) | After the Siege | ノヴェラ | Locus Magazine | 受賞 |
| 2009 | John W. Campbell Memorial Award | Little Brother | — | John W. Campbell Memorial Award committee | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Prometheus Award | Little Brother | — | Prometheus Award committee | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Sunburst Award | Little Brother | — | Sunburst Award committee | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Prometheus Award | Homeland | — | Prometheus Award committee | 受賞 |
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
2000
Organization:
Science fiction community award
Result:
受賞
Locus Award (Best First Novel)
2004
Work:
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Category:
第一長篇部門
Organization:
Locus Magazine
Result:
受賞
Sunburst Award
2004
Work:
A Place So Foreign and Eight More
Organization:
Sunburst Award committee
Result:
受賞
Locus Award (Novelette/Novella categories)
2006
Work:
I, Robot
Category:
ノヴェレット
Organization:
Locus Magazine
Result:
受賞
Locus Award (Novelette)
2007
Work:
When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth
Category:
ノヴェレット
Organization:
Locus Magazine
Result:
受賞
Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award
2007
Organization:
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Result:
受賞
Locus Award (Novella)
2008
Work:
After the Siege
Category:
ノヴェラ
Organization:
Locus Magazine
Result:
受賞
John W. Campbell Memorial Award
2009
Work:
Little Brother
Organization:
John W. Campbell Memorial Award committee
Result:
受賞
Prometheus Award
2009
Work:
Little Brother
Organization:
Prometheus Award committee
Result:
受賞
Sunburst Award
2009
Work:
Little Brother
Organization:
Sunburst Award committee
Result:
受賞
Prometheus Award
2014
Work:
Homeland
Organization:
Prometheus Award committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Prometheus Award
3 appearances
-
Edition 31 (2009) award
-
Edition 35 (2013) award
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Edition 36 (2014) award
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 29 (2015) award
Works
Major Works
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
2003 Science fictionA science-fiction novel set in a future Disney-like theme park civilization, exploring death, reputation economy (whuffie), and societal change.
reputation economyfuture societymortality
Eastern Standard Tribe
2004 Science fictionA novel about time-zone based social groups and online communities, blending satire and near-future tech commentary.
communityinternet culture
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
2005 Fantasy/Contemporary SFA quirky novel mixing magical realism and speculative elements, focusing on identity and belonging.
identitymagical realism
Little Brother
2008 Young adult / Science fictionA YA novel about surveillance, civil liberties, and teenage activism in a near-future setting where tech-savvy youths fight back.
surveillance societycivil libertiestechnology and resistance
Makers
2009 Science fictionA novel exploring maker culture, distributed manufacturing, and the social/economic effects of small-scale innovation.
maker culturetechnological innovation
For The Win
2010 Socially conscious science fictionA novel about online gaming economies, labor organization, and globalized exploitation within virtual worlds.
online economieslabor organizing
Pirate Cinema
2012 Young adult / Science fictionA YA novel about copyright, culture jamming, and the politics of digital distribution.
copyrightdigital culture
Homeland
2013 Young adult / Science fiction続編にあたるヤングアダルト小説。リトル・ブラザーの続編として監視社会と抵抗を描く。
surveillanceresistance
Bibliography
- Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (2003)
- Eastern Standard Tribe (2004)
- Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town (2005)
- Little Brother (2008)
- Makers (2009)
- For The Win (2010)
- Pirate Cinema (2012)
- Homeland (2013)
- Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present (2007)
- A Place So Foreign and Eight More (2003)
Translations of Works
- Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
- Little Brother
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- direct, explanatory prose about technologyhumorous and satirical tone
- Recurring Motifs
- surveillancecopyright vs. sharinginternet culture and communities
Legacy
Cory Doctorow is known for YA fiction and socially conscious tech-themed works; he has been influential as a proponent of Creative Commons and an activist for internet freedom.
Quotes
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Information doesn't want to be free — the economics and rules around information distribution matter.
Source: Essay: Information Doesn't Want to Be Free (2014)
Trivia
- He releases many of his works under Creative Commons licenses.
- He coined the term "enshittification" in 2022 to describe the decline of online services over time.