Cory Doctorow’s writing rides the powerful wave of technological change. The wild futures of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Little Brother, and the Hugo-nominated short story i-robot are among the most celebrated and user-friendly works of post-humanist science fiction. Co-editor of the coolness-tracking weblog Boing-boing and a passionate critic of outmoded copyright laws, Doctorow possesses a lively mind, jam-packed and jumping with ideas. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE,206.634.3400. Free. 7 pm Tue., July 8, 7 p.m., 2008