Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom is a science fiction novel set in a post-scarcity future where reputation-based currency shapes society and conflict erupts over control of Disney World.


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instanceOf debut novel
novel
science fiction novel
author Cory Doctorow
availableAsFreeDownload yes
centralConcept Whuffie
post-scarcity society
reputation-based currency
countryOfOrigin Canada
coverArtist Rick Lieder
feature brain backup technology
immortality through cloning and backup restoration
mind uploading
followedBy Eastern Standard Tribe
genre postcyberpunk
science fiction
social science fiction
hasWebsite https://craphound.com/down/
isbn 0-7653-0430-0
language English
license Creative Commons
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
mainCharacter Dan
Debra
Julius
Lil
mediaType audiobook
e-book
print
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor being one of the first novels released under a Creative Commons license
originalPublicationYear 2003
pageCount 208
partOfMovement Creative Commons culture
copyleft literature
plotSummary In a future where money is obsolete and reputation called Whuffie is the main currency, a man named Julius fights to protect the traditional Haunted Mansion attraction at Disney World from a group that wants to replace it with a high-tech overlay.
protagonist Julius
publicationDate 2003
publisher Tor Books
setting Liberty Square
Magic Kingdom
The Haunted Mansion
Walt Disney World
theme conflict over public spaces
corporate control of culture
death and identity
post-scarcity economics
reputation economy
social networks and status
utopia and dystopia
voluntary governance

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