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<blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 829096" data-attributes="member: 527">I havent read Down and Out yet, but I love Doctorow's stuff.&nbsp; A couple years back he wrote a short story called The Rebranding of Billy Bailey which I think only appeared in the British magazine Interzone (and probably some Years Best collections.)&nbsp; Anyway, it was a very sharp look at the phenomenon of &quot;reality marketing&quot;.&nbsp; When I read the story I said to myself, &quot;Thats a parody that cuts so close to the bone its almost true.&quot;&nbsp; I don't know whether Doctorow was 6 months ahead of the curve or I was just 6 months behind, but before long I began to see newspaper exposes of exactly the practice he describes (and others even more sleazy.)&nbsp; If you can find this story, check it out, I think its great.I'll also vouch for 0wnZ0red.&nbsp; If I remember rightly, theres some stuff not suitable for those easily offended - if Dragon's covers or GRR Martins writings are too much for you, you may wish to skip it.&nbsp; But otherwise, I say check it out!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gizzard, post: 829096, member: 527"] I havent read [I]Down and Out[/I] yet, but I love Doctorow's stuff. A couple years back he wrote a short story called [B]The Rebranding of Billy Bailey[/B] which I think only appeared in the British magazine Interzone (and probably some Years Best collections.) Anyway, it was a very sharp look at the phenomenon of "reality marketing". When I read the story I said to myself, "Thats a parody that cuts so close to the bone its almost true." I don't know whether Doctorow was 6 months ahead of the curve or I was just 6 months behind, but before long I began to see newspaper exposes of exactly the practice he describes (and others even more sleazy.) If you can find this story, check it out, I think its great. I'll also vouch for 0wnZ0red. If I remember rightly, theres some stuff not suitable for those easily offended - if Dragon's covers or GRR Martins writings are too much for you, you may wish to skip it. But otherwise, I say check it out! [/QUOTE]

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