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The New Work meets the Old Economy

Kodacell's in trouble, but Andrea's on a new story: Russian biotech weight-loss clinics. Chapter 10 of "Themepunks."

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  • Wednesday, November 16, 2005 10:42 AM

    A note from Cory's editor

    As the person most invested with ensuring that Cory Doctorow's work continues to run in Salon, let me just assure everyone reading these letters that I'm doing everything I can to keep this serial going. I take great pride in the fact that two of the stories I agreed to publish from Cory, "Ownzored" and "Anda's Game," have been widely recognized by the literary establishment as gems, and I hope the same is eventually true for "Themepunks."

    Running a science-fiction serial, however, does not generate the kind of page-views that, say, a piece about condom patent disputes or real life dolls or mysterious bulges underneath a president's jacket does. So it's not necessarily easy to get editorial buy-in from all concerned. But I think in general that most of the editors at Salon consider Cory's presence in our pages to be a feather in our cap, so I am personally hopeful that when Cory has more chapters to deliver, we'll be ready to publish them.

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