a place so foreign and 8 more by cory doctorow is a collection of short stories. some of the stories are available for download online. none of them are extraordinary, although i enjoyed to market, to market: the rebranding of billy bailey. 0wnz0red, the final story in the book, was not quite what i expected (something laced with 133t-speak), which means it was quite a bit better than i expected.