Teaser: Cory Doctorow's new novel, For The Win

It was an odd bit of coincidence this morning. Frogman had shared a story with me from Boing Boing: 200 advance-release promo copies of Cory Doctorow's newest novel, For The Win, are being given away to teenage gamers to review. I should mention that I am thankful to have a few friends who skim Boing Boing for the really awesome and interesting stuff. There's far too much content for me to wade through in my RSS reader, so folks like Frogman are my Boing Boing filter.

Thinking back to an email conversation I had with Cory back in late November (in which I requested a preview copy for HiR), I was wondering if we were going to actually get one of the them. Not 5 minutes later, UPS knocked on my door and dropped off a special package:

At any rate, we're excited to be able to get a sneak peek of Cory's latest work. Frogman will be doing the review. Look for it in the coming weeks!

Sci-Fi: Kourier or Deliverator?

Pardon the Snow Crash reference. Two of the main characters were "delivery folks". One, a pizza deliverator with a formidable car for such tasks. The other was a skateboard Kourier. At any rate, I both chuckled and boggled over this one.

Pizza delivery. On a skateboard. In the middle of Main Street in Kansas City, MO and right at the beginning of peak Lunch Hour. WTF?