Cory Doctorow's latest novella was made to be remixed. The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow is available as a free download and the writer encourages people to (noncommercially) tweak it as they see fit. It only seems right that someone would make a very-mini movie out of it.
The trailer for The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (above) makes a lovely lead-in to Doctorow’s book about a transhuman teen in a future dominated by Disney. The short was created by Matt Freidell, a video editor and producer whose company, The Glossary, makes promotional videos for books.
"I read the novella included in your newest release The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow and between the nostalgia of the actual Disney ride and all the great futuristic elements, it really conjured up some fantastic visuals," Freidell wrote to Doctorow. "I noticed you didn't have any kind of videos promoting it, so I decided to put together a little something in my spare time."
Not bad for an off-hours project. Doctorow, the co-editor of Boing Boing and also a Wired correspondent, has made his novella available as a free download here.
[via Boing Boing]
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