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[defilerwyrm]

Sorry if you have to see ads, here's my cat Cassie to soften the blow

[lonesomelavenderbones]

The Locked Tomb, relatable?

How could I, a queer woman living in America in the year of our lord 2026, possibly relate to a book about a crumbling empire ruled over by people who should have been dead a long, long time ago, whose primary export is Death, that think the only right way of doing things is the way they've been doing things since before the main characters were ever born, a system designed to grind up and spit out women that revolves around an arbitrarily enforced boundary, all propped up by the threat of a supposed enemy that doesn't actually pose a threat to the Empire, but that its rulers want for their own mysterious and nefarious purposes? This is a post about a book. This Is Not A Political Post.

[beastlyart]

Hey secret cabal of internet followers, look at these sad photos of my cat when he was surrendered to us with a busted leg!

Do you also want to help sad cats with busted legs? AND help me flex on my coworkers by raising more money for sad animals than them? Here’s our annual fundraiser, everything goes to the local chapter of our SPCA.

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[kim-poce]

They should make outdoors activities I don't need to leave my room for

[esmereldafritzmonster]

I haven't been outside in a week

Which activity will cause grass touching?

disc golf

larp vampire horror romance

taking dog to poop

water my stepmom's garden

lock myself out

Voting ended onMay 18

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Come see me on tour!

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/narrative-capitalism/#bezzle-tour

My next novel is The Bezzle, a high-tech ice-cold revenge thriller starring Marty Hench, a two-fisted forensic accountant, as he takes on the sleaziest scams of the first two decades of the 2000s, from hamburger-themed Ponzis to the unbelievably sleazy and evil prison-tech industry:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzle

I'm taking Marty on the road! I'll be visiting eighteen cities between now and June, and I hope you'll come out and say hello, visit a beloved local bookseller, and maybe get a book (or two)!

21 Feb: Weller Bookworks, Salt Lake City, 1830h: https://www.wellerbookworks.com/event/store-cory-doctorow-feb-21-630-pm

22 Feb: Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego, 19h: https://www.mystgalaxy.com/22224Doctorow

24 Feb: Vroman's, Pasadena, 17h, with Adam Conover (!!) https://www.vromansbookstore.com/Cory-Doctorow-discusses-The-Bezzle

26 Feb: Third Place Books, Seattle, 19h, with Neal Stephenson (!!!) https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/cory-doctorow

27 Feb: Powell's, Portland, 19h: https://www.powells.com/book/the-bezzle-martin-hench-2-9781250865878/1-2

29 Feb: Changing Hands, Phoenix, 1830h: https://www.changinghands.com/event/february2024/cory-doctorow

9-10 Mar: Tucson Festival of the Book: https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?action=display_author&id=15669

13 Mar: San Francisco Public Library: https://sfpl.org/events/2024/03/13/author-cory-doctrow-bezzle

22 Mar: Toronto: Wendy Michener Memorial Lecture: https://events.yorku.ca/events/wendy-michener-memorial-lecture2024/

24 Mar: NYC: Word Books (with Laura Poitras): https://shop.wordbookstores.com/event/word-presents-cory-doctorow

29-31 Mar: Wondercon Anaheim: https://www.comic-con.org/wc/

11 Apr: Harvard Berkman-Klein Center (with Randall Munroe) https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/enshittification

12 Apr: RISD Debates in AI, Providence, details coming soon!

17 Apr: Anderson's Books, Chicago, 19h: https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/event/cory-doctorow-1

19-21 Apr: Torino Biennale Tecnologia https://www.turismotorino.org/en/experiences/events/biennale-tecnologia

2 May, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Winnipeg https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctorow-tickets-798820071337

5-11 May: Tartu Prima Vista Literary Festival https://tartu2024.ee/en/kirjandusfestival/

6-9 Jun: Media Ecology Association keynote, Amherst, NY https://media-ecology.org/convention

Calgary and Vancouver – details coming soon!

[a-mx-writer]

Welp. Pet gnawed on my laptop charger and now it starts smelling burnt. Might be offline for an indeterminate amount of time.

[furbearingbrick]

makin' spaghetti and meat sauce