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Mar 10, 2022blacksmith_tb rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
It does have the overly long didactic passages that bog down all his books, but it's still a really fun piece of near-future dreaming.
Oct 20, 2021iktomi23 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
My favorite novel of Doctorow's so far- some of the same aesthetic and philosophy you find in Little Brother and many of his other works, but a more sci-fi dystopia-pitted-against-utopia sort of story. Likeable an realistic, relatable…
Jul 06, 2021Daveytay rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I loved this novel!
Mar 01, 2019NedSu rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I may be at a disadvantage because I haven't read his prior novels, but this was an overly pedantic novel. If you've ever suffered through Philosophy 101, basic economics, or sociology 101, then most of the dialogue is tortuous. Some great…
Aug 21, 2018WestSlope_TheaH rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is my favorite novel of 2017! I love the exceptional world-building in this thought-provoking sci-fi thriller. In a near-future wrecked by climate change and controlled by the uber-rich, walkaways try to change the world by walking…
Jul 10, 2018SCL_Justin rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Walkaway is the latest novel by Cory Doctorow. It’s a utopian tale of people who, because of ubiquitous 3d printing technology (that can produce food, drugs, shelter, clothing and whatever else out of raw material feedstock) drop out of…
Apr 18, 2018morkoor rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Poor. Don’t know where this was heading and the story did not make me want to care. I did not make it past 20 pages. Very painful 20 pages
Dec 27, 2017JLMason rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The premise of the book is that in a world ruled by the super-wealthy 0.0001% and the rest underemployed and in debt, that people will rebel by walking away from society to live on abandoned land in communes running shared networks,…
Nov 30, 2017JessicaGma rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
It's a completely possible dystopia, full of near future technology. It's a dense read, but quite interesting, especially when it's all set in Canada and pits capitalism versus the complete non economy of the walkways. I liked it better…
Oct 16, 2017
Another suspenseful effort by Doctorow that is harrowing not just for the characters but for the ideas that seem altogether too likely in this current political, social and cyber climate.
Jul 22, 2017lukasevansherman rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Everywhere you look these days its utopias, dystopias, apocalypse, post-apocalypse, cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria! But seriously, there are a lot of books, films, and TV shows like this right now. In fiction, recent books I…
Jul 15, 2017JCLJoshN rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
At a time when it feels like we're living in dystopian fiction, I need more positive, utopian fiction. Walkaway has a lot of Cory Doctorow's usual bits--idealistic anarchist hackers, postscarcity enclaves, oppressive and exploitative…
Jul 03, 2017
Cory Doctorow is in love with ideas. Sometimes the ideas rule the story (Pirate Cinema, for example), and the human drama is shoehorned in or abandoned as necessary. Here, as in his better books, the ideas lead to the human drama. In the…
Jun 11, 2017jju42 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Walkaway is the latest novel by Cory Doctorow. It’s a utopian tale of people who, because of ubiquitous 3d printing technology (that can produce food, drugs, shelter, clothing and whatever else out of raw material feedstock) drop out of…
Jun 06, 2017jenniferrabbit rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent. In the near future life for ordinary people, and even for the children of the ultra-rich, has become intolerable. “Walkaways” desert their homes and families and go (to Canada, in this case) to the wilderness and to derelict…