The darker the hour, the better the moment for a rigorously imagined utopian fiction. <i>Walkaway</i> is now the best contemporary example I know of. A wonderful novel

- William Gibson,

A hard-edged, intelligent look at our immediate future and the high and low points of human nature, incisive, compelling and plausible

- Adrian Tchaikovsky,

Doctorow is one of our most important science fiction writers... In a world full of easy dystopias, he writes the hard utopia, and what do you know, his utopia is both more thought-provoking and more fun'

- Kim Stanley Robinson,

<i>Walkaway</i> reminds us that the world we choose to build is the one we'll inhabit. Technology empowers both the powerful and the powerless, and if we want a world with more liberty and less control, we're going to have to fight for it

Edward Snowden

A beautifully done utopia, just far enough off normal to be science fiction, and just near enough to the near-plausible, on both the utopian and dystopian elements, to be eerie as almost programmatic... a sheer delight'

- Yochai Benchler,

Takes the idea of personalities as computer programs to its logical consequence, and envisages multiple copies of the same program – the same person – running simultaneously on different networks. This is the closest anyone will ever get to the fantasy of cloning identical human beings

Guardian.

A bravura piece of storytelling, and marks a powerful shift in awareness and understanding, not just for the characters but undoubtedly for the readers themselves

National Post.

Mr Doctorow's philosophy is passionately argued... and the thinking is lively'

Wall Street Journal

Cory Doctorow is one of the most exciting writers of Science Fiction currently working

The Bookbag

At times, Doctorow's worldview and the day-after-tomorrow world he's created in <i>Walkaway</i> seems a bit rosy, too trusting of human nature and digital innovation. But he's no more a wide-eyed hippie than an Ayn Rand-inspired libertarian, and his view of humanity is complex

LA Times

[Doctorow's] fullest, most important book so far, and a lot of fun even to disagree with

Toronto Star

I came to care about its characters. Doctorow somehow managed to make me feel their fear, hope, and love

Quill and Quire

This is the best Cory Doctorow ever... <i>Walkaway</i> is a sprawling, ominous and important work of a kind one rarely sees'

Locus Online

Doctorow is an assured writer and can write to convince... Definitely a novel to set the brain cells buzzing'

Nudge Book

Doctorow mixes his expert knowledge of issues involving abusive threats to new technologies and online civil liberties with a writing style that attracts readers across generations and genres. What results is a page-turner that explores a revolutionary response to the bourgeois elite

Cascadia Magazine

[It is] fascinating for what Doctorow has taken from our world and run into the not-so-distant future with... He is also very good at characterisation'

Concatenation

An exciting, thought-provoking read that any Cory Doctorow fan is sure to enjoy. This one certainly did!

Shoreline of Infinity