Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

[avram]

To early to say whether this will be one of the favorite books, but I’m likin’ it real fine so far: Cory Doctorow’s Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. Here’re the opening couple of paragraphs to give you the flavor:

I lived long enough to see the cure for death; to see the rise of the Bitchun Society, to learn ten languages; to compose three symphonies; to realize my boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World; to see the death of the workplace and of work.

I never thought I’d live to see the day when Keep A-Movin’ Dan would decide to deadhead until the heat death of the Universe.

Extra-special cool: You can download the book for free in a number of formats, or just read it on the web. I started reading it on my PalmOS device, but now I’m carrying around the dead tree edition. It’s pretty short — about 47,000 words, BBEdit tells me.