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Makers
Makers
Author: Cory Doctorow
Perry and Lester invent things -- seashell robots that make toast, Boogie Woogie Elmo dolls that drive cars. They also invent entirely new economic systems, like the “New Work,” a New Deal for the technological era. Barefoot bankers cross the nation, microinvesting in high-tech communal mini-startups like Perry and Lester’s. To...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780765312792
ISBN-10: 0765312794
Publication Date: 11/10/2009
Pages: 496
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Tor Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 1
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mattc avatar reviewed Makers on + 45 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A fascinating speculative book of the near future and where science, engineering, and society as a whole are going. Some of the wriing seemed unpolished to me, but the story itself was very imaginative.
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People/Characters
Suzanne Church (Primary Character)
Lester Banks (Primary Character)
Perry Gibbons (Primary Character)

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