#460
Title: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Author: Cory Doctorow
Publisher: Tor
Year: 2003
208 pages
I enjoy Doctorow and find him easy to read. The early novels, of which this is the earliest, read like expanded short stories in that there is a basic premise that unfolds with extra detail but not extra complexity. This works in Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, which is about control in several manifestations. The most obvious is the focus of the plot--control over a future Disney World. Doctorow jumps right in and builds convincing worlds without excessive exposition, which is refreshing. The novel seems a little thin at times, perhaps because the narrator's interiority is less well drawn than the scenery and relationships. Still, an entertaining debut.
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