For the Win
Title | For the Win |
Year for Search | 2010 |
Authors | Doctorow, Cory [Efram](b. 1971) |
Date Published | 2010 |
Publisher | Tor |
Place Published | New York |
Keywords | Canadian author, English author, Male author |
Annotation | The novel, written for young adults, has dystopian elements and uses online gaming to illustrate and the possible connections among gamers throughout the world to critique the way that powerful people can, for profit and with the cooperation of governments, control the lives of the gamers, and presents unions as the best way of fighting back. |
Holding Institutions | PSt |
Author Note | The author (b. 1971) was born and raised in Canada, lived for many years in England and became a U.K. citizen, and moved to the U.S. in 2015. |
Full Text | 2010 Doctorow, Cory [Efram] (b. 1971). For the Win. New York: Tor. PSt The novel, written for young adults, has dystopian elements and uses online gaming to illustrate and the possible connections among gamers throughout the world to critique the way that powerful people can, for profit and with the cooperation of governments, control the lives of the gamers, and presents unions as the best way of fighting back. The author was born and raised in Canada, lived for many years in England and became a U.K. citizen, and moved to the U.S. in 2015. |