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  1. goodreads.com

    A short-story that reminds me of 1984 - but somehow in the future. One of those books that I'm gonna have to think about for a bit to decide how I feel. An easy read with a few bumps in the the flow that had me going back and re-reading parts to make sure I was understanding things.
    3.6/5
    (180)
    Format:Ebook
  2. craphound.com

    August 6, 2008 / Cory Doctorow / Stories. Tor.com. Finalist, Locus Award, 2009. Tor.com has just published a new story of mine, "The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away" (the title is from "The Future Soon," a Jonathan Coulton song), which is about geek monasteries that house smart people who can't get along in the world and put them to work as coders.
  3. books.apple.com

    May 24, 2023Dystopia seen through the eyes of someone who has been a secular monk living inside a walled compound for sixteen years who has to go out into the world of an authoritarian dystopia where everyone must conform to unstated rules. The author was born and raised in Canada, lived for many years in Engla…
  4. thomaseaves.wordpress.com

    With his new short story "The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away," Cory Doctorow is certainly on form again. While taking place in a creepily plausible "future" North American security state, where misfit geniuses end up in monasteries to crunch data all the way to enlightenment, the story is primarily about a man ...
  5. openpublishing.psu.edu

    "The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away" Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/03/2016 - 16:34 . Title "The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away" Year for Search: 2008: Authors: Doctorow, Cory [Efram](b. 1971) Date Published: 2008: Keywords:
  6. openlibrary.org

    The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away by Cory Doctorow, Jul 21, 2015, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform edition, It looks like you're offline. Donate ♥. Čeština (cs) Deutsch (de) English (en) Español (es) Français (fr) Hrvatski (hr) ...
  7. The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away. The Things that Make Me Weak and St... tordotcom. Reads. Reads 708. 708 708. Votes. Votes 3. 3 3. Parts. Parts 1. 1 1. Time. Time 1h 16m. 1 hours, 16 minutes 1h 16m. Start reading. ... The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away.
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