Down and out in the Magic Kingdom vs Terminal café: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Immortalism, Science Fiction, Fiction
Down and out in the Magic Kingdom
Read Down & Out in the Magic Kingdom online at the Internet Archive. From the Back Cover "He sparkles! He fizzes! He does backflips and breaks the furniture! Science fiction needs Cory Doctorow." --Bruce Sterling,…
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Terminal café
Ian MacDonald explores the gestalt of transhumanism in a radically unfamiliar dystopian future. Terminal Cafe projects the future of the United States if we stopped pretending Brazil doesn't exist and embraced the…
The verdict
- Down and out in the Magic Kingdom is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 5 for Terminal café.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Down and out in the Magic Kingdom | Terminal café | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (14393) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (192) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (102) | — |
Reception
| Down and out in the Magic Kingdom | Terminal café | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 14393 | — |
| Editions | 53 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 10407 | — |
| Reading it now | 867 | — |
| Written reviews | 1430 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 2774 | — |
| Pages | 62 | 277 |