Summary

Portrait of Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow,  Super Man and the Bug Out

“ Hershie Abromowicz, Man from the Stars, took his mother's hands between his own and looked into her eyes. "Mama, I'm a grown man. I have a job to do. It's like . . . like a calling. The world's still a big place, bugouts or no bugouts, and there's lots of people here who are crazy, wicked, with their fingers on the triggers. I care about this planet, and I can't sit by when it's in danger." ”
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Portrait of Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow,  Super Man and the Bug Out

“ He cringed back from his comm as he shrank deeper into the corner of the
Belquees that he'd moved to when his comm rang.
"Mama, it's all right. They've signed me for the full six months. I'll be fine —"
"Of course you'll be fine, bubbie. But would it kill you to brush your hair before you go on television in front of the whole world? Do you want everyone to think your mother raised a slob?"
Hershie smiled. "I will, Mama."
"I know you will, bubbie. You're a very good-looking man, you know. But no one wants to marry a man with messy hair."
”
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Portrait of Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow,  Super Man and the Bug Out

“ There was a nervous shuffling, and then a general bowing of heads and mostly silence, broken by low whispers.
"Thomas, I thought you called this meeting," Hershie whispered.
"I did. These guys always do this. Control freaks. Don't worry about it," he whispered back.
"Thank you all. We took the liberty of drawing up an agenda for this meeting."
"They always do this," Thomas said.
The Quakers led them in a round of introductions, which came around to Hershie. "I'm, uh, The Super Man. I guess most of you know that, right?" Silence. "I'm really looking forward to working on this with you all."
”
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