有人进城，有人离城
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
Cory Doctorow · 初版 2005 年
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艾伦（Alan）是当代多伦多的一位中年创业者，他致力于在波希米亚风格的街区翻修一栋房屋。这自然让他与隔壁满屋子的学生和闲散人员有了接触，其中包括一名年轻女子，她在极度紧张的时刻向他透露自己长着翅膀——而且每次试图剪掉后翅膀都会重新长出来。艾伦完全理解。他自己也有一两个秘密：他的父亲是一座山；他的母亲是一台洗衣机；而在他的兄弟当中，还有一套俄罗斯套娃。现在，三个套娃中的两个——爱德华……
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又搞笑又悲伤，用来形容 Doctorow 的很多作品再合适不过了。不过我会把《Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town》归类为极其诡异的那种。
Hilarious and sad describe much of Doctorow's work. Though I'd characterize "Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town" as superbly creepy.
……https://slashdot.org/story/05/07/13/236203/doctorow-and-stro... > 两位知名科幻作家最近放出了他们最新小说的免费下载，与实体店发售同步。第一本是 Cory Doctorow 的《Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town》。这是一个打破常规的故事，讲的是一个创业者（恰好是一座山和一台洗衣机的孩子）卷入了一项用免费无线网络覆盖多伦多的计划……
…https://slashdot.org/story/05/07/13/236203/doctorow-and-stro... > Two prominent science fiction authors have recently released their newest novels as free downloads to coincide with their in-store releases. The first is Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, by Cory Doctorow. This is an unconventional story about an entrepreneur (who happens to be the child of a mountain and a washing machine) who gets involved in a scheme to blanket Toronto with free wireless…
还没读过，但我刚下载了 TXT 版本（我向来都这么干）。我是 Cory 的新晋粉丝，粉了大概两年吧。我读过他所有的小说（someone comes to town someone leaves town）。最初是通过他的播客被他的文字吸引的。我很喜欢他给自己的作品注入的开放色彩，总是在纸质版发售当天同步以知识共享（Creative Commons）协议发布……
Haven't read it yet,but I just downloaded the TXT version (which I always do). I am a not-so-long time fan of cory(2 years). I have read all of his novels (someone comes to town someone leaves town). Was attracted to his writings through his podcasts. I love the open touch he adds to his writings by launching them with a creative commons licenses on the same day as the launch of the paper version.…