From Cory Doctorow, the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother , the repackaged trade paperback of Makers, a novel of the booms, busts, and further booms in store for America--now with a new cover Perry and Lester invent things--seashell robots that make toast, Boogie Woogie Elmo dolls that drive cars.
Then things get really interesting..
Lester and Perry\'s friendship falls to pieces when Lester gets the \'fatkins\' treatment, turning him into a sybaritic gigolo.
Lawsuits multiply as venture capitalists take on a new investment strategy: backing litigation against companies like Disney.
Hordes of goths descend on the shantytown built by the New Workers, joining the cult.
As their rides, which commemorate the New Work\'s glory days, gain in popularity, a rogue Disney executive grows jealous, and convinces the police that Perry and Lester\'s 3D printers are being used to run off AK-47s.
Perry and Lester build a network of interactive rides in abandoned Wal-Marts across the land.
The New Work bust puts the dot.combomb to shame.
Then it slides into collapse.
Together, they transform the country, and Andrea Fleeks, a journo-turned-blogger, is there to document it.
Barefoot bankers cross the nation, microinvesting in high-tech communal mini-startups like Perry and Lester\'s.
They also invent entirely new economic systems, like the New Work, a New Deal for the technological era.
From Cory Doctorow, the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother , the repackaged trade paperback of Makers, a novel of the booms, busts, and further booms in store for America--now with a new cover Perry and Lester invent things--seashell robots that make toast, Boogie Woogie Elmo dolls that drive cars
