Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
A Novel
by Cory Doctorow
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.
On The Skids In The Transhuman FutureJules is a young man barely a century old. He's lived long enough to see the cure for death and the end of scarcity, to learn ten languages and compose three symphonies...and to realize his boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World.Disney World! The greatest artistic achievement of the longago twenti...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.
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