Return to Pleasure Island

Copyright (C) 1999 by Cory Doctorow
Return to Pleasure Island
Cory Doctorow
From A Place So Foreign and Eight More, a short story collection published in September, 2003 by Four Walls Eight Windows Press (ISBN 1568582862). See http://craphound.com/place for more.
Originally Published in Realms of Fantasy August 1999
By design or default, something about this story (and I can't describe exactly what because I don't know) disturbed me a great deal, though it's a well-written and unique take on an old tale. Others may find it more palatable. If Doctorow's intent was to unsettle, he succeeded…
- J. G. Stinson, Tangent Online http://www.tangentonline.com/reviews/magazine.php3?review=153
Blurbs and quotes:
Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of Pop Culture, here filtered through SF-coloured glasses. Enjoy.
- Neil Gaiman Author of American Gods and Sandman
Few writers boggle my sense of reality as much as Cory Doctorow. His vision is so far out there, you'll need your GPS to find your way back.
- David Marusek Winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Award, Nebula Award nominee