A mockup of a cellphone playing the audiobook of Picks and Shovels. Next to it is a Stephen Fry quote: 'I hugely enjoyed it. The reconstruction of the age is note perfect: the detail, the atmosphere, ethos, flavor and smell of the age is perfectly conveyed.'

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   Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jan-2025 22:56:30 JST Cory Doctorow

   *Picks and Shovels* is a new, standalone technothriller starring Marty Hench, my two-fisted, hard-fighting, tech-scam-busting forensic accountant. You can pre-order it on my latest Kickstarter, which features a brilliant audiobook read by Wil Wheaton:

   http://martinhench.com

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