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For the Win: A Novel by Cory Doctorow is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Young adult science fiction set in the present or near future. The characters are "gold farmers" extracting virtual resources from online games and selling them to richer players. Their exploitation leads them to unionize, which leads to violence and trickery. In the virtual future, you must organize to survive At any hour of the day or night, millions of people around the globe are engrossed in multiplayer online games, questing and battling to win virtual “gold,” jewels, and precious artifacts. Meanwhile, others seek to exploit this vast shadow economy, running electronic sweatshops in the world’s poorest countries, where countless “gold farmers,” bound to their work by abusive contracts and physical threats, harvest virtual treasure for their employers to sell to First World gamers who are willing to spend real money to skip straight to higher-level gameplay. Mala is a brilliant 15-year-old from rural India whose leadership skills in virtual combat have earned her the title of “General Robotwalla.” In Shenzen, heart of China’s industrial boom, Matthew is defying his former bosses to build his own successful gold-farming team. Leonard, who calls himself Wei-Dong, lives in South

Who reads For the Win: A Novel?

Author

Cory Doctorow

Publisher

Tor Teen TR

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780765333841

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Children'S, Science Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.8 / 5 (5,086 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14