Doctorow is an awesome sci-fi writer.

Imagine a world with DRM on Toasters. Doctorow will not just describe such a world, but also will get down to the tiny details. For instance describing at length the corny graphics on a jailbreak package for that toaster.

Few sci-fi writers are as culturally literate in tech and can simultaneously capture the absurdity of it all as well as Doctorow. If you want a good read and a good laugh, check out his books of short stories.