Annotated Bibliography

Doctorow, Cory. For the Win. New York: Tor, 2010. Print.

Cory Doctorow, a science fiction author, blogger, and journalist shows his enthusiasm for social justice portrayed through video games. Doctorow constructs this theme through science fiction novel. To determine the importance of justice in class struggle, Doctorow utilizes various characters in different arduous environments to demonstrate existing problems and inequalities throughout the world. His book is intended for intellectual young adult readers. Doctorow’s purpose to stimulate optimism about fixing social inequalities in the real world.


Doctorow, Cory. “Nature’s Daredevils: Writing for Young Audiences.” Locus Online. 1 June 2008. Web. 15 Aug. 2015.

Cory Doctorow, Cory Doctorow, a science fiction author, blogger, and journalist demonstrates his excitement for writing young adult fictions. He expresses his enthusiasm through an online magazine in the science fiction and fantasy field. Doctorow speaks as an experience young fiction writer, but also includes Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling for the audience to relate to. This article is intended for an audience interested in young adult fiction and also for those readers who are a fan of his work. His purpose to direct the attention to why authors write young adult fiction and how it is structured.Lain, Douglas. “Life as a Video Game Called “Class”?” Tor. 11 June 2012. Web. 18 July 2015.


Douglas Lain, a fiction writer, blogger, and copywriter, argues that class is the way we connect appearance to work. Lain constructs his claim through a blog entry in an online scientific fiction magazine. In order to show the connection between class and in life in video games, Lain cites various books, including Digital Culture, Play, and Identity, along with popular video games, such as Street Fighter 2, Dungeons and Dragons, and Super Mario Bros. His blog is intended for an audience interested in science fiction, and also for readers with a fondness in controversial idea of class difference. Lain’s main purpose is to express the idea that class already is an existence and is a main factor that influence our function.


Richard, Joe. “The Legacy of the IWW.” International Socialist Review. Web. 8 Aug. 2015.

Joe Richard, an activist and member of the International Socialist Organization, illustrates the history of The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the legacy they have left. Richard supports his report by different scholarly sources such as, History of the Labor Movement in the US, Vol. 4 by Foner, and The Decline of Socialism in America by James Weinstein. Richard’s audience can include but not limited to readers of the International Socialist Review Magazine, which shows their interest in socialist theories. His purpose is to advance the socialist movement by expressing his perspective in order to impact those with similar views.


Shah, Anup. “Poverty Around The World.” Global Issues. 12 Nov. 2011. Web. 8 Aug. 2015.

Anup Shah, the editor of Global Issues, demonstrates that poverty is not present only in the United States, but that there is a higher poverty rate in third world countries. Anup establishes this knowledge in Internet article that provides information and helps construct our views of the world. To support his claims, he includes data and statistics from different studies. Anup writes for an audience of interested in global issues and are open to different perspectives. His purpose to inform the public through mainstream media.


Scalzi, John. “Whatever.” Straight White Male The Lowest Setting There Is. 15 May 2012. Web. 18 July 2015.

John Scalzi, an American science fiction author, online writer, and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, claims that depending on your “class,” that will determine on your difficult your life is. To support his proposition, he uses the video game, World of Warcraft to create the relation between real life and life in the game. He expresses this idea on his Internet blog titled, Whatever.” Scalzi’s blog is for an audience who appreciates his work and those who are interested in his thoughts because it is a personal blog, where he writes whatever takes his interest that day. His purpose in this particular blog is articulate the idea, in relations to video games, people who are categorize as straight, male, or white play at the easiest level meanwhile those who are gay, a minority, or female are involuntarily playing under the hard setting.


Wendig, Chuck. “25 Things You Should Know About Young Adult Fiction.” Terribleminds. 4 June 2013. Web. 10 July 2015.

Chuck Wendig, a novelist, screenwriter, and game designers argues that Young Adult fiction is not a genre, but rather it is proposed audience. Wendig establishes this proposal in his Internet blog. To support his argument by lying out 25 characteristics of young adult fictions and how it is intended for teenagers, and including popular books for young adults, such as The Hunger Games, The Teenage Brain is a Work-In-Progress, and Twilight. Wendig’s audience can be limited to those intrigued in the controversial argument of whether or not Young Adult fiction is a genre or not, along with those who appreciate his work. His purpose to demonstrate his position that Young Adult fiction is not a genre.