Picks and Shovels
Cory Doctorow
New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin story of Martin Hench and the most powerful new tool for crime ever invented: the personal computer.
The year is 1986. The city is San Francisco. Here, Martin Hench will invent the forensic accountant--what a bounty hunter is to people, he is to money--but for now he's an MIT dropout odd-jobbing his way around a city still reeling from the invention of a revolutionary new technology that will change everything about crime forever, one we now take completely for granted.
When Marty finds himself hired by Silicon Valley PC startup Fidelity Computing to investigate a group of disgruntled ex-employees who've founded a competitor startup, he quickly realizes he's on the wrong side. Marty ditches the greasy old guys running Fidelity Computing without a second thought, utterly infatuated with the electric atmosphere of Computing Freedom. Located in the heart of the Mission, this group of brilliant young women found themselves exhausted by the predatory business practices of Fidelity Computing and set out to beat them at their own game, making better computers and driving Fidelity Computing out of business. But this optimistic startup, fueled by young love and California-style burritos, has no idea the depth of the evil they're seeking to unroot or the risks they run.
In this company-eat-company city, Martin and his friends will be lucky to escape with their lives.
Duration - 14h 2m.
Author - Cory Doctorow.
Narrator - Wil Wheaton.
Published Date - Tuesday, 21 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2025 Cory Doctorow ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin story of Martin Hench and the most powerful new tool for crime ever invented: the personal computer. The year is 1986. The city is San Francisco. Here, Martin Hench will invent the forensic accountant--what a bounty hunter is to people, he is to money--but for now he's an MIT dropout odd-jobbing his way around a city still reeling from the invention of a revolutionary new technology that will change everything about crime forever, one we now take completely for granted. When Marty finds himself hired by Silicon Valley PC startup Fidelity Computing to investigate a group of disgruntled ex-employees who've founded a competitor startup, he quickly realizes he's on the wrong side. Marty ditches the greasy old guys running Fidelity Computing without a second thought, utterly infatuated with the electric atmosphere of Computing Freedom. Located in the heart of the Mission, this group of brilliant young women found themselves exhausted by the predatory business practices of Fidelity Computing and set out to beat them at their own game, making better computers and driving Fidelity Computing out of business. But this optimistic startup, fueled by young love and California-style burritos, has no idea the depth of the evil they're seeking to unroot or the risks they run. In this company-eat-company city, Martin and his friends will be lucky to escape with their lives. Duration - 14h 2m. Author - Cory Doctorow. Narrator - Wil Wheaton. Published Date - Tuesday, 21 January 2025. Copyright - © 2025 Cory Doctorow ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:33
Prologue (part one)
Duration:00:46:14
Prologue (part two)
Duration:00:49:46
Prologue (part three)
Duration:00:38:29
Chapter 1
Duration:00:57:06
Chapter 2
Duration:00:32:44
Chapter 3
Duration:00:27:02
Chapter 4
Duration:00:17:49
Chapter 5
Duration:00:50:24
Chapter 6
Duration:00:35:14
Chapter 7
Duration:00:31:34
Chapter 8
Duration:00:11:04
Chapter 9
Duration:00:08:29
Chapter 10
Duration:00:45:23
Chapter 11
Duration:00:16:29
Chapter 12
Duration:00:50:22
Chapter 13
Duration:00:36:21
Chapter 14
Duration:00:36:25
Chapter 15
Duration:00:38:54
Chapter 16
Duration:00:29:15
Chapter 17
Duration:00:40:00
Chapter 18
Duration:00:27:49
Chapter 19
Duration:00:36:31
Chapter 20
Duration:00:21:47
Chapter 21
Duration:00:13:51
Chapter 22
Duration:00:14:59
Chapter 23
Duration:00:17:30
Epilogue
Duration:00:05:55
Acknowledgements
Duration:00:02:50
Ending Credits
Duration:00:01:55