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Born1974
OccupationWriter, Journalist, Filmmaker, Co-Founder of Epic Magazine
NationalityAmerican
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Joshua Davis (born 1974) is an American writer, film producer and co-founder of Epic Magazine. Davis is best known for writing a number of non-fiction pieces that have been optioned for film and television.[1]

Spare Parts traces four undocumented Latino high school students, all born. Of Oscar, Lorenzo, Cristian, and Luis, author Joshua Davis takes us to the very.

Davis is a contributing editor at Wired magazine. His work has been anthologized in the 2006 and 2007 editions of 'The Best of Technology Writing'[2] as well as the 2007 edition of 'The Best American Science Writing.'[3] He has also written for The New Yorker[4] and other major magazines.[5]

Davis' first book, The Underdog, was published by Random House in 2005.[6] It chronicles Davis' entry into unusual competitions around the world, including the World Armwrestling Championship in Gdynia, Poland. His article 'La Vida Robot,' about four teenage immigrants who build an underwater robot, was adapted into a movie called Spare Parts by Lionsgate[7] starring George Lopez, Jamie Lee Curtis and Marisa Tomei. It premiered in January 2015.[8]

In 2013, Davis and Joshuah Bearman formed Epic Magazine,[9] a digital magazine and production company specializing in true stories.[10] Davis and Bearman have sold twenty articles to Hollywood, with two films produced.[11] As of November 2015, they have a first-look deal with Twentieth Century Fox.[12] Davis, in partnership with JJ Abrams and Bad Robot, also produced the short documentary series 'Moon Shot,' which chronicles the work of those competing for the Google Lunar X Prize.[13]

In 2014, Davis was selected as a Finalist for a National Magazine Award in Feature Writing.[14] He lives in San Francisco, California.

Bibliography[edit]

  • The Underdog, 2006
  • 'La Vida Robot,' Best of Technology Writing, 2006
  • 'Say Hello to Stanley,' Best of Technology Writing, 2007
  • 'Face Blind,' Best American Science Writing, 2007
  • Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream, 2014
  • 'Fox Makes Epic First-Look Deal for Online Venture for Film Centric Journalism,' Deadline, August 19, 2013
  • 'Magazine Writing, On the Web, for Film,' The New York Times, August 11, 2013
  • 'Building An Epic Brand Around Incredible True Stories,' Fast Company, August 23, 2013
  • 'If We Run Out Of Batteries, This War Is Screwed,' Wired, June 1, 2003
  • 'The Crypto Currency,' The New Yorker, October 10, 2011

References[edit]

  1. ^'Building An Epic Brand Around Incredible, True Stories'. Fast Company. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  2. ^'digitalculturebooks - Browse Volume/Issue'. Quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  3. ^World Archipelago. 'The Best American Science Writing 2007'. HarperCollins US. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  4. ^Joshua Davis (10 October 2011). 'The Crypto-Currency'. The New Yorker. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  5. ^'Sumo'. Joshuadavis.net. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  6. ^'*** UNDERDOG NATION *** THE BOOK ***'. Underdognation.com. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
  7. ^McNamara, Sean (2015-06-05). 'Spare Parts'. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  8. ^'George Lopez film about Phoenix school gets release date'. Azcentral.com. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  9. ^'Extraordinary True Stories - Epic Magazine'. Epicmagazine.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  10. ^'Building An Epic Brand Around Incredible, True Stories'. Fast Company. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  11. ^'Magazine Writing on the Web, for Film'. The New York Times. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  12. ^Mike Fleming Jr. 'Fox Makes Epic First-Look Deal With Online Venture For Film-Centric Journalism'. Deadline.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  13. ^Santos, Nix. 'Watch: Reach to Infinity and Beyond With J.J. Abrams on 'Moon Shot''. Indiewire.com. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  14. ^'National Magazine Awards 2014 Finalists Announced'. Magazine.org. Retrieved 7 October 2017.

External links[edit]

  • Carr, David (11 August 2013). 'Magazine Writing on the Web, for Film'. Nytimes.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  • 'Building An Epic Brand Around Incredible, True Stories'. Fastcompany.com. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  • Jr, Mike Fleming (19 August 2013). 'Fox Makes Epic First-Look Deal With Online Venture For Film-Centric Journalism'. Deadline.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  • ''If We Run Out of Batteries, This War is Screwed.''. Wired.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  • Davis, Joshua (3 October 2011). 'The Crypto-Currency'. Newyorker.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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Four undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest...and a major motion picture.
In 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They were born in Mexico but raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where they attended an underfunded public hi...more
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Mar 18, 2015Michael Burnam-Fink rated it it was amazing
Speaking as a kid who did the same robotics contests at more or less the same time (FIRST 2002-2004, MATE 2005), Spare Parts is the real deal.
They were four kids born in Mexico and living in the bad part of Phoenix, undocumented immigrants with one shot at glory. Oscar was ROTC, a born leader. Lorenzo torn between flashy style and even flashier outbursts of anger. Cristian was a natural scientist and inventor. Luis a gentle giant. Together with two talented and dedicated teachers, they made an...more
Sep 19, 2017Eric rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: biography, journalism, non-fiction, politics, my-ebooks, drama, cultural
Back in their dorm room, Fredi and Allan were worried. The robot wasn’t working, and the kids were scheduled to go in front of the NASA and Navy experts within hours. Stinky was turning out to be a failure from the outset. The kids felt defeated before the competition had even begun.
Oscar wasn’t ready to give up. “Let’s take it apart now,” he argued. “We can fix it.”
Fredi didn’t want the kids preoccupied when they presented themselves to the experts. They had to be mentally ready for what woul...more
Jan 10, 2015Christine rated it it was amazing
Now a major motion picture starring George Lopez - my husband got to go to the movie premiere and met the boys, now men, in this story. It is the tale of how these HS students, only one of whom had legal status, were able to build an underwater robot and beat college teams, including MIT, in a NASA sponsored competition. And if you wonder why people 'don't just come here legally', all you need to do is see what happened to Oscar when he tried to do just that. (I don't usually voice politics on s...more
Jan 10, 2015Brian Rosenblat rated it really liked it
This was an enjoyable book based on the true-story of how 4 high-schoolers at Carl Hayden Community High school in Phoenix unseated some of the top collegiate engineering teams at a national underwater robotics competition. At its core is the well worn, root for the underdog storyline. But this time the protagonists are 4 underprivileged, Hispanic high-schoolers who beyond all odds, form a robotics team, enter a national marine-robotics competition, scrape together a small budget, put together t...more
The tale of four Hispanic teens and their low paid teachers who did extraordinarily well in robotics competitions. Reading this made me want to invent things. Then I read what happened to the kids after the competitions were over. The American Dream is a lie and all too many of my fellow citizens are racists and assholes.
May 21, 2017Joyce rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: biography, multicultural, nonfiction, audio, inspirational, sense-of-times, journalism, politics, popular-science
On one level this book chronicles the achievements of 4 teenage boys, illegally brought to the States by their families, who, inspired by a teacher in their poor high school, built a robot and won a national robotics competition, sponsored by NASA, beating university teams, including one from MIT. A great story, inspirational, made into a movie in 2015. (Haven't seen the movie, but according to the book, it's got a Hollywood ending.) Their real stories haven't ended as happily. When the book was...more
Mar 11, 2016Jenny rated it it was amazing
This is the true story of four high school students who are in the US illegally. They build an underwater ROV robot and win a national championship, beating top notch teams from places like MIT. It is also the story of their lives, hardships and what it is like as an illegal immigrant in this country.
This book made me emotional. I grew up in Glendale, a close neighborhood of west Phoenix. I know exactly where Carl Hayden High School is...I know that neighborhood and I've met and know a lot abou...more
Feb 27, 2019Cindy Leighton rated it it was amazing
Shelves: general-science, immigration-stories, education, social-justice
Our immigration system AND our education system are a hot mess. This true story shows us what is stake - and what the possibilities are - if we could just get our shit together and start embracing immigration and respecting teachers. I cried repeatedly, both from joy and frustration, as I read. I think all educators - actually all humans - should read this true story of four undocumented young men and their two outstanding high school teachers who beat MIT in an undersea robot contest. Read it f...more
I heard about this book in a great review by the Washington Post. The book is excellent. I was amazed by the intelligence, ingenuity, energy, hopefulness, positive outlook and commitment of four young illegal immigrants and their two dedicated teachers. But this is far from just a light-hearted “feel-good” story of underdogs winning a competition.
The book is substantive in capturing the story of young people living in the U.S. illegally because they were brought here as children. The story captu...more
Dec 02, 2017Kate rated it it was amazing
Like Stinky, their extraordinary underwater robot, the four undocumented high schoolers Oscar, Cristian, Luis, and Lorenzo are made of spare parts--more specifically, Mexican and American 'spare' identities that had been pieced together and then regarded as 'nothing but junk.' But like so many Dreamers, whose lives now hang in the balance with the suspension of DACA, looks can be deceiving. These would-be engineers--underwater robotics engineers living in the middle of the Arizona desert--tackle...more
May 31, 2015Mark Schlatter rated it it was amazing
I cried while reading this book... It's one thing to have a kickass story of four lower income high school students beating college students (including some from MIT) at a robotics competition. It's another to continue the story and show what happens when the four students (all from Mexico, none of them citizens, two of them in the country illegally) cannot continue with their success and, in most cases, do not get four year college degrees.
My tears occurred when the students were praised for t...more
Fascinating read. I always love stories of people discovering their own unexpected talents. Apparently the movie version ends at the Disney style good ending. While it was depressing, I'm glad to have read the book, and learned what has really happened so far with these great kids. Our country, our politics, our Xenophobia, have really done them and us such a disservice. It's shameful. Great book about teachers too, though.
May 17, 2015Jeanne Boyarsky rated it it was amazing
I saw the documentary Spare Parts and the feature film La Vida Robot. Which means I already knew most of the plot. I enjoyed reading the book for the extra detail. Both on the characters and the build. I also liked seeing how the FRC (FIRST Robotics Challenge) competition fit into the season.
The book has a good bit more 'after the competition' than either movie. Along with more detail about the implications about being in the country illegally.
In relation to the current event of Trump's wall, this is a very enlightening story. Fabulous story about 4 smart kids who showed the engineering community how it can be done.
Can you imagine four high school students building an underwater robot called Stinky that cost less than $1,000 and putting it in a national robotics competition, sponsored partially by NASA and going up against a college team from MIT who spent about $10,000? That’s exactly what four Mexican-American teenagers did in 2004 from Carl Hayden Community High School in Phoenix, Arizona. Three of the four boys were undocumented and had come to live in America as children.
Joshua Davis is the journalis...more
Dec 01, 2016Tina ( As Told By Tina ) rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: 2016-reads, audiobooks-2016, library-books-2016
Spare Parts wasn’t even on my radar until I recently received an email from Goodreads that it was on sale and I might be interested. I have to say Goodreads, you were right. Now, if you have followed my blog for a while you know that I rarely read Nonfiction but for whatever reason I wanted to read this and I’m so glad that I did.
This book was inspiring and heartbreaking at the same time.
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It follows the story of Oscar, Lorenzo, Cristian and Luis. They were all born in Mexico...more
May 04, 2018Shelby Wiegmann rated it it was amazing
The book Spare Parts by Joshua Davis is an intriguing book about four undocumented teenagers in the United States. However, it is important to know a little bit about the author. Joshua, an editor for Wired Magazine, is also a film producer, cofounder of Epic Magazine/Digital, and writer as well as having many other roles pertaining to writing. While Joshua has written many articles and stories about various subjects, this one was far different from others. As he does every morning, Joshua was...more
Oct 19, 2016Sonja rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
This is my favorite kind of non-fiction - a look at ordinary people doing something interesting, written in an engaging way. I appreciated that the author balances his 'feel good' story with the awkward parts. There is some great insight here, particularly into the issues of immigration, education, and the role of ingenuity vs money.
Mar 11, 2016Melissa rated it really liked it
Shelves: book-club, movie-tie-ins, world-view, thenakedtruth, teen-scene, recommended-reads-book-club, gloomy
I recommended that V give this book to the middle school students he tutors. It's a great story written at that level. The message this book has about the short-sightedness of our immigration laws is one that should be heard. Giving a real face to the politics of that topic makes an interesting read. That being said, I liked Davis' message more than his writing.
Feb 06, 2016alisonwonderland rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: non-fiction, slcls-readers-choice-2016, 2014-publication-date, politics, latinx, audiobook
Probably 4 1/2 stars. Spare Parts is both a feel-good, root-for-the-underdogs story and an important treatise on the need for immigration reform. I couldn't stop thinking or talking about this one all the time I was listening to it.
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May 02, 2018Krisia Stephens rated it it was amazing
Joshua Davis clenches your attention in his lawfully titled narration, Spare Parts. Davis provides the reader with an authentic account of cultural inequality, challenges, and apprehensions. What truly makes this story worthwhile is Davis’ sense of hope through adversity. Davis keeps the reader engaged with each detailed challenge and the triumphs that follow. The reader is kept questioning whether this foursome can really pull through with a robotics competition, along with all their personal...more
May 02, 2018Courtney Peck rated it it was amazing
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Every page in this book show Joshua Davis' mastery of a writer. But I especially enjoyed the vivid description and the convincing characters. I had also noticed that this story shows true character and emotions. This story is also written as a nonfiction story which is part biography and part information.
Show victory in the face of great obstacles and the ability to overcome them. He is successful in fulfilling this purpose by showing how the boys were able to win the con...more

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While writing the book Spare Parts, Joshua Davis had to fit 5,843 days of four Mexican immigrants, into 240 pages. He couldn’t have picked a better story to fill those pages up with. Instead of choosing a story like his, he chose one that he knew little about when walking into it. Showing how much the story influenced him, he spent a great amount of time of his life getting to know it better, he did research, interview people, and tried to get the most he could out of the experience, eventually...more
There are a lot of heartwarming books, but few of them are as good at pulling the heartstrings as Spare Parts. This book was a long journey of ups and downs about young men trying to find themselves in a world where no one but a few expected them to succeed. After many trials and tribulations, they achieved things no one thought possible, and the story inspired people to believe in the impossible.
Spare Parts had many good attributes, but one of my favorite parts was when they had to go to the...more
Good writing should make a person want to keep reading a book. At first, I didn't want to read this book. I then realized I needed to for this class, so I gave it a try. This book was about underdogs in life becoming successful. This book proved that underdogs can do anything and that anything is possible. I thought that this book was a very good read and I am very glad that I decided to read it. It taught me many life stories about how I should stay dedicated to something if I really want it. I...more

Coming from a life of poverty and making your way up to winning robotic contest is where this book takes you. Four boys Oscar, Lorenzo, Cristian, and Luis have the chance of a lifetime showing everyone what they can do with little to no money and built a masterpiece. The book was well planned out with how the author takes us from when the boys came from Mexico to Phoenix, Arizona and how their different lives got to them at the contest in Santa Barbra. These boys made themselves a life and the a...more
Spare Parts the book is an interesting one if I do say so myself, but for many good reasons. Do you have any interests in robots or leadership? If so, then this book is for you. The thing that stand out to you right away when you just start to read the book is the fact that this group of kids is so doubtful of themselves when it comes to building a robot for this underwater competition, and that they don’t think that they can build one good enough to get first place.They just don’t want to be i...more
May 04, 2018Jackson Hamlin rated it it was amazing
At first, I wasn't too excited to read this book. I looked up reviews on the internet before reading, and I just wasn't very satisfied. Many people enjoyed the book, but I felt like it wasn't in my direct interest. When it comes to reading, I usually like a book about sports or a book about a mystery. Even though my English teacher this year always talks about how reading nonfiction is so much better, I still shied away from those types of books. I had no choice, I couldn't just not read the boo...more
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What makes a good book? Is it the details, the plot, maybe it’s how it was written? Spare Parts, written by Joshua Davis, was assigned as a must-read novel for our Composition 1 class in college. The book played out the hardships of the life of four Mexican boys and the teachers who went out of their way to help them.
The book was hard to follow for the first part because it jumped from one person to the next until it came back around to the main story. The author gave...more

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