Walkaway

In a near future where automation has rendered a large fraction of the population economically superfluous, a group of 'zotta losers' — those the economy no longer needs — choose to exit the system rather than fight for a place that no longer exists. They build outside: fabricate, share, organize without the market. Cory Doctorow's novel-manifesto on post-work resilience and alternatives to organised scarcity. Preface by the author. Winner of multiple awards.

From his website: Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger -- the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of the bestselling Tor Teens/HarperCollins UK novel LITTLE BROTHER. He is the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in Lon …