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@gavin57@toot.wales replied · 5 days ago

@pluralistic Well I never! Cory is coming to Cardiff, which will definitely be of interest to @teamtoot @jaz folks:

Cardiff, UK: Hay Festival After Hours at Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place (Nov 13, 7PM)
https://www.hayfestival.com/c-203-hay-festival-after-hours.aspx

#CardiffWales #enshittification #bookstodon

Hay Festival

Hay Festival After Hours

oscarfalcon

@oscarfalcon@mastodon.social replied · 5 days ago

@pluralistic

Mr Doctorow, why (or rather would you) not come to México. I know there are a lot of admirers and readers of your work (myself included).

Your ideas need a new poly-cultural audience...

Latinamerica needs new privacy-protective and anti-monopolist ideas.

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 5 days ago

@oscarfalcon The book isn't out in Spanish until 2026!

oscarfalcon

@oscarfalcon@mastodon.social replied · 4 days ago

@pluralistic

Well I hope you consider our fair cities of Monterrey and Guadalajara in your future tour (especailly Monterrey, my home town).

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 4 days ago

@oscarfalcon Thank you!

Matthew Merkovich

@MattMerk@mastodon.social replied · 5 days ago

@pluralistic It would be great if somewhere in Colorado was somewhere on the list. ;-)

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 5 days ago

@MattMerk Haven't had a bookstore there ask to have a tour stop since Tattered Cover changed hands.

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 5 days ago

Kirby Goulet

@Kgou@pixelfed.ca replied · 5 days ago

@pluralistic@mamot.fr link broken?

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 5 days ago

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Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 5 days ago

https://memex.craphound.com

Four and Twenty Blackbirds: great goth scary novel discovered on LJ

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 5 days ago

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Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 5 days ago

https://pluralistic.net

Pluralistic: 30 Sep 2020

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 5 days ago

https://pluralistic.net

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