This manual offers a comprehensive guide for individuals aiming to understand and dismantle the structures of Big Tech. It delves into the intricacies of technology, power dynamics, and the societal implications of corporate practices. Through step-by-step instructions, it empowers readers to critically analyze and challenge the dominance of major tech companies, fostering a deeper awareness of their impact on privacy, economy, and culture.
Cory Doctorow Book order (chronological)
Cory Doctorow is a celebrated science fiction author whose works frequently explore the intricate connections between technology, society, and freedom. His writing is distinguished by its prescient insights into the future and its critical examination of contemporary societal trends. Doctorow fearlessly delves into the ethical quandaries presented by the digital age, all while maintaining a remarkably accessible and engaging style. His narratives serve as a compelling invitation to contemplate the evolving world we are constantly shaping.







The Bezzle
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
In this high-stakes thriller, the lives of California’s prison inmates are treated like stock shares. Set in 2006, Martin Hench, a self-employed forensic accountant, excels in the ongoing battle between those hiding money and those seeking it. While enjoying downtime on Catalina Island, where bison roam and overpriced fast food abounds, Martin inadvertently disrupts a scheme that sets off a decade-long chain of events. His misstep leads him into the realm of the ultra-wealthy, who view money as a mere game. They target California’s Department of Corrections, confident that their complex web of shell companies will shield them from scrutiny. Their focus is solely on the profits they can extract from the government and the vast number of prisoners under their control. This narrative serves as a powerful critique of the privatized prison system, exploring the intricate financial manipulations that contributed to the 2008 financial crash. It is a gripping follow-up to the author’s previous work, blending thrilling storytelling with a sharp social commentary.
Das Rote Team greift an, das Blaue Team verteidigt – so sind die Regeln in der Cyber-Security. Marty Hench ist ein alter Veteran des Silicon Valley, und er war schon immer Team Rot. Als IT-Experte und Ermittler hat er Konzerne, Oligarchen und Drogenkartelle verfolgt. Sein neuester Auftrag: gestohlene Security-Keys zurückholen, die ein Milliardenvermögen in Crypto-Währung wert sind. Aber dann dreht sich der Spieß um, Marty wird vom Jäger zum Gejagten – und nichts hasst er mehr, als im Blauen Team spielen zu müssen. Doch diesmal ist es ein tödliches Spiel …
The Lost Cause
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
It’s thirty years from now. We’re making progress, mitigating climate change, slowly but surely. But what about all the angry old people who can’t let go? For young Americans a generation from now, climate change isn't controversial. It's just an overwhelming fact of life. And so are the great efforts to contain and mitigate it. Entire cities are being moved inland from the rising seas. Vast clean-energy projects are springing up everywhere. Disaster relief, the mitigation of floods and superstorms, has become a skill for which tens of millions of people are trained every year. The effort is global. It employs everyone who wants to work. Even when national politics oscillates back to right-wing leaders, the momentum is too great; these vast programs cannot be stopped in their tracks. But there are still those Americans, mostly elderly, who cling to their red baseball caps, their grievances, their huge vehicles, their anger. To their "alternative" news sources that reassure them that their resentment is right and pure and that "climate change" is just a giant scam. And they're your grandfather, your uncle, your great-aunt. And they're not going anywhere. And they’re armed to the teeth. The Lost Cause asks: What do we do about people who cling to the belief that their own children are the enemy? When, in fact, they're often the elders that we love?
The Internet Con
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
This isn't a book for people who want to fix Big Tech. It's a detailed disassembly manual for people who want to dismantle it.
Red Team Blues
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
A hard-charging, hard-fighting techno-thriller detective story about a forensic accountant, Marty, who is coming out of retirement for one last job. Helping out a pal who has built a new cryptocurrency, his plans are in ruins when the keys are stolen – and a billion dollars of exposure granted to whoever got hold of them.When Marty finds out where the keys are, he quickly becomes implicated with two different criminal cartels, each more dangerous than the last...
Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
"People are feeling squeezed because of chokepoint capitalism: exploitative businesses creating barriers to competition that let them take over markets and extract an unfair share of value. This book teaches how to spot those chokepoints, and what we can do to blow them up"-- Provided by publisher
Masha Maximov hat einen gut bezahlten Job bei der Cybersecurity-Firma Xoth Intelligence, wo sie sich im Auftrag von Regierungen weltweit in die Accounts von Dissidenten und Aktivisten hackt. Manchmal nutzt Masha ihre Fertigkeiten aber auch, denselben Aktivisten und Dissidenten dabei zu helfen, einem Hackerangriff zu entgehen. Dieses gefährliche Doppelspiel war aufregend, solange es um Leute in anderen Ländern ging. Doch der neueste Auftraggeber von Xoth Intelligence ist die Regierung von einem Land ähnlich wie Mashas Heimat. Masha steht vor der schwersten Entscheidung ihres Lebens …
A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to confront the dominance of Big Tech and Big Media. Corporate concentration and profits have reached unprecedented levels, leading to monopolies and monopsonies that disrupt fair competition. In this new era of "chokepoint capitalism," Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow highlight how exploitative businesses create barriers that prevent others from accessing value that rightfully belongs to them. While all workers feel the impact, creative workers face particularly harsh consequences. Examples include Amazon's digital rights management affecting book publishing, Google and Facebook diverting ad revenue from news media, and the Big Three record labels imposing lengthy contracts that diminish artists' earnings. Giblin and Doctorow analyze various industries, illustrating how corporations build "anti-competitive flywheels" that lock in users and suppliers, create hostile market conditions for newcomers, and force unfair pricing on workers. In the latter half, they propose strategies to dismantle these chokepoints, including transparency rights, collective action, radical interoperability, and minimum wages for creative work. This work urges all workers to unite and reclaim the power and profits being unjustly taken from them.
Marcus Yallow ist smart, schnell und im Netz zu Hause. Als Terroristen einen Anschlag auf San Francisco verüben, sind er und seine Freunde jedoch in einem illegalen Onlinegame unterwegs. Agenten der Homeland Security nehmen ihn fest und verhören ihn tagelang. Als Marcus endlich wieder freigelassen wird, hat sich seine Heimatstadt in einen Überwachungsstaat verwandelt. Marcus und seine Freunde schwören, dass sie Homeland Security aus ihrer Stadt vertreiben werden – es beginnt ein gefährliches Katz-und-Maus-Spiel …
How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism
- 146 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Surveillance capitalism is everywhere. But it’s not the result of some wrong turn or a rogue abuse of corporate power — it’s the system working as intended.You'll need to create the URL from these parts since there is no field for it and you can't include external links in the description. Just replace the spaces with "/" and dot with "." below.onezero dot medium dot com how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism-8135e6744d59
Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Celebrating fifteen years of the acclaimed podcast Escape Pod, this collection showcases new and classic science fiction stories from bestselling authors like Cory Doctorow, Ken Liu, and Ursula Vernon. Edited by Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya, the anthology highlights the innovative storytelling that has defined the podcast and its impact on the genre. This compilation is a tribute to the creativity and imagination that has captivated listeners and readers alike.
Poesy the Monster Slayer
- 40 pages
- 2 hours of reading
A sweetly scary picture book about a girl whose monster-catching activities delay her bedtime.
Attack Surface
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Returning to the world of Little Brother and Homeland, Attack Surface takes us five minutes into the future, to a world where everything is connected and everyone is vulnerable.
RADICALIZED
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
From New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow, Radicalized is four urgent SF novellas of America's present and future within one book Told through one of the most on-pulse genre voices of our generation, Radicalized is a timely collection consisting of four SF novellas connected by social, technological, and economic visions of today and what America could be in the near, near future. Unauthorized Bread is a tale of immigration, the toxicity of economic and technological stratification, and the young and downtrodden fighting against all odds to survive and prosper. In Model Minority, a Superman-like figure attempts to rectifiy the corruption of the police forces he long erroneously thought protected the defenseless...only to find his efforts adversely affecting their victims. Radicalized is a story of a darkweb-enforced violent uprising against insurance companies told from the perspective of a man desperate to secure funding for an experimental drug that could cure his wife's terminal cancer. The fourth story, Masque of the Red Death, harkens back to Doctorow's Walkaway, taking on issues of survivalism versus community.
Nach vielen Jahren in Flüchtlingsheimen und Notunterkünften kann Salima endlich in ein Hochhausapartment umziehen. Das Gebäude ist zwar neu, aber damit fangen die Probleme erst an: Der intelligente Toaster gibt auf einmal den Geist auf und nimmt nur noch das Brot der Toastermarke an. Dann fällt der Kühlschrank aus. Als Salima feststellt, dass selbst der Fahrstuhl die ärmeren Mieter benachteiligt, fasst sie einen Entschluss. Es muss doch einen Weg geben, sich in die Haushaltsgeräte zu hacken und sie wieder frei verfügbar zu machen! Gesagt, getan ...
'The tech may be more advanced, but the politics feel familiar ... The overwhelming message of Walkaway is hope [and] right now, that could not feel more timely' SciFiNow .
In Real Life
- 175 pages
- 7 hours of reading
From New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow, the story of a girl who gets into gaming—and ends up on a globe-spanning crusade to stop exploitation online.
Information Doesn't Want to be Free
- 162 pages
- 6 hours of reading
In sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, Cory Doctorow’s Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can small artists still thrive in the Internet era? Can giant record labels avoid alienating their audiences? This is a book about the pitfalls and the opportunities that creative industries (and individuals) are confronting today — about how the old models have failed or found new footing, and about what might soon replace them. An essential read for anyone with a stake in the future of the arts, Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free offers a vivid guide to the ways creativity and the Internet interact today, and to what might be coming next.
Robot uprisings
- 476 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Humans beware. As the robotic revolution continues to creep into our lives, it brings with it an impending sense of doom. What horrifying scenarios might unfold if our technology were to go awry? From self-aware robotic toys to intelligent machines violently malfunctioning, this anthology brings to life the half-formed questions and fears we all have about the increasing presence of robots in our lives. With contributions from a mix of bestselling, award-winning, and up-and-coming writers, and including a rare story by “the father of artificial intelligence,” Dr. John McCarthy, Robot Uprisings meticulously describes the exhilarating and terrifying near-future in which humans can only survive by being cleverer than the rebellious machines they have created.
Homeland
- 396 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Doctorow delivers the direct sequel to "Little Brother"Nin which Marcus Yallow finds himself once again risking everything to take on creeping tyranny and surveillance after California's economy collapses.
Pirate Cinema
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
When Trent McCauley's obsession for making movies by reassembling footage from popular films causes his home's internet to be cut off, it nearly destroys his family. Shamed, Trent runs away to London. A new bill threatens to criminalize even harmless internet creativity. Things look bad, but the powers-that-be haven't entirely reckoned with the power of a gripping movie to change people's minds...
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Six
- 500 pages
- 18 hours of reading
The book explores the vibrant landscape of contemporary science fiction and fantasy, highlighting the creativity of numerous writers who delve into mystical pasts, paranormal elements, and diverse alternate realities. It addresses the overwhelming volume of new stories released annually, offering guidance on identifying potential future classics that readers shouldn't overlook.
For the Win
- 506 pages
- 18 hours of reading
A provocative and exhilarating tale of teen rebellion against global corporations from the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother.
Internet. Stories
- 370 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Cory Doctorows neues Buch nach "Backup" und "Upload" beleuchtet unterhaltsam und schonungslos die allgegenwärtige Rolle des Cyberspace in unserem Leben. Ist es die Zukunft oder schon die Gegenwart? Entdecken Sie es selbst! Kritiker loben Doctorows Fähigkeit, die Realität der Zukunft zu erfassen.
Makers
- 416 pages
- 15 hours of reading
Book Description Featuring expanded and updated content, Introduction to Athletic Training, Second Edition, presents both theoretical and practical information on the duties of an athletic trainer as part of a team approach to caring for injured and ill athletes. The book will provide students with a solid background in athletic training so that they can develop their skills and both succeed and advance in their training and courses. Introduction to Athletic Training, Second Edition, is the perfect guide for athletic trainers striving to keep their athletes healthy and injury free. Part of Human Kinetics' Athletic Training Education Series, the text not only provides the information on the role of an athletic trainer in caring for injured and ill athletes, but it also considers both the prevention and management of injuries and illnesses. It spans many topics, including professionalism in athletic training, risk factors in sport participation, preparticipation physical exams, fitness testing, strength and conditioning, preventive efforts including environmental concerns and protective devices, and emergency care.
Marcus aka “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems.But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they’re mercilessly interrogated for days.When the DHS finally releases them, his injured best friend Darryl does not come out. The city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: "M1k3y" will take down the DHS himself.
Eastern Standard Tribe
- 223 pages
- 8 hours of reading
A comedy of loyalty, betrayal, sex, madness, and music-swappingArt is an up-and-coming interface designer, working on the management of data flow along the Massachusetts Turnpike. He's doing the best work of his career and can guarantee that the system will be, without a question, the most counterintuitive, user-hostile piece of software ever pushed forth onto the world.Why? Because Art is an industrial saboteur. He may live in London and work for an EU telecommunications megacorp, but Art's real home is the Eastern Standard Tribe.Instant wireless communication puts everyone in touch with everyone else, twenty-four hours a day. But one thing hasn't changed: the need for sleep. The world is slowly splintering into Tribes held together by a common time zone, less than family and more than nations. Art is working to humiliate the Greenwich Mean Tribe to the benefit of his own people. But in a world without boundaries, nothing can be taken for granted-not happiness, not money, and most certainly not love.Which might explain why Art finds himself stranded on the roof of an insane asylum outside Boston, debating whether to push a pencil into his brain....
Jules 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 long-ago 20th century.














