Cory Doctorow
Canadian-British blogger
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| February 2025 | Published Picks and Shovels, the third Martin Hench novel exploring the origin of the character and the personal computer as a tool for crime. |
| 2024 | Cory Doctorow published two short stories, 'Spill' and 'Vigilant', in Reactor Magazine |
| 2024 | Presented on enshittification at the HOPE XV conference. |
| November 2024 | The Australian Macquarie Dictionary selected 'enshittification' as its Word of the Year, officially defining the term. |
| February 2024 | Published The Bezzle, the second novel featuring forensic accountant Martin Hench, focusing on privately owned prison financial management. |
| 2023 | Published 'The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation', a non-fiction work exploring digital technology and computational systems. |
| 2023 | Cory Doctorow published the short story 'The Canadian Miracle' in Reactor Magazine |
| 2023 | The term 'enshittification' gained widespread traction and was used by various sources to critique platform changes. |
| 2023 | The American Dialect Society voted 'enshittification' as the Word of the Year. |
| November 2023 | Published The Lost Cause, a hopepunk novel set in 2050s California focusing on climate change impacts. |
| April 2023 | Released Red Team Blues, a financial thriller about cybersecurity featuring character Martin Hench. |
| 2022 | Gave an interview at sfss.space, likely continuing his discussions on digital rights, technology, and science fiction. |
| 2022 | Coined the term 'enshittification' to describe the degradation of online platforms due to corporate greed, explaining how platforms progressively abuse users and business customers. |
| 2022 | Wrote an article in The Guardian analyzing Facebook's challenges and potential future difficulties. |
| 2020 | Participated in an interview discussing his literary and technological ideas. |
| 2020 | Published the graphic novel 'Poesy the Monster Slayer', illustrated by Matt Rockefeller and released by First Second publishing house. |
| October 13 2020 | Published Attack Surface, a standalone adult novel set in the Little Brother universe. |
| January 29 2020 | Left Boing Boing after a 19-year association and started a solo blogging project called Pluralistic. |
| 2019 | Conducted an interview with Cyberpunks.com, discussing his work and perspectives on technology and society. |
| March 2019 | Released Radicalized, a collection of four science-fiction novellas, which was selected for Canada Reads 2020. |
| 2018 | Awarded the Inkpot Award for his overall contributions to science fiction and digital culture. |
| 2017 | Published novel Walkaway. |
| 2016 | Wrote the article 'Mr. Robot Killed the Hollywood-Hacker' for MIT Technology Review, critiquing technological representations in media. |
| July 2016 | Delivered the keynote speech at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference. |
| 2015 | Decided to leave London and move to Los Angeles, citing disappointment with the city's political and social environment. |
| January 2015 | Rejoined the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to campaign against digital rights management (DRM). |
| 2014 | Published the graphic novel 'In Real Life', illustrated by Jen Wang and released by First Second publishing house. |
| 2014 | Received the Prometheus Award for the novel 'Homeland'. |
| 2014 | Doctorow delivered a keynote speech at the international CopyCamp conference in Warsaw, Poland, presenting 'Information Doesn't Want to Be Free'. |
| 2013 | Won the Prometheus Award for his novel 'Pirate Cinema'. |
| February 2013 | Released Homeland, the sequel to Little Brother, which later won the 2014 Prometheus Award. |
| 2012 | Awarded an honorary doctorate from The Open University. |
| October 2012 | Published young adult novel Pirate Cinema, which won the 2013 Prometheus Award. |
| September 2012 | Released The Rapture of the Nerds, a collaborative novel with Charles Stross. |
| August 12 2011 | Became a British citizen by naturalization. |
| May 3 2011 | Released short-story collection With a Little Help in print format. |
| May 2010 | Released young adult novel For the Win, available as a free Creative Commons download. |
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