{"product_id":"after-world-debbie-urbanski-9781668023457","title":"After World","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Tech Books of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e's Favorite Books of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"An intelligent, defiant novel, akin to any of Annalee Newitz's writings while also brushing shoulders with some of the great questions of identity and consciousness brought up in the works of William Gibson.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking debut that follows the story of an Artificial Intelligence tasked with writing a novel--only for it to fall in love with the novel's subject, Sen, the last human on Earth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFaced with uncontrolled and accelerating environmental collapse, humanity asks an artificial intelligence to find a solution. Its answer is simple: remove humans from the ecosystem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSen Anon is assigned to be a witness for the Department of Transition, recording the changes in the environment as the world begins to rewild. Abandoned by her mother in a cabin somewhere in Upstate New York, Sen will observe the monumental ecological shift known as the Great Transition, the final step in Project Afterworld. Around her drones buzz, cameras watch, microphones listen, digitizing her every move. Privately she keeps a journal of her observations, which are then uploaded and saved, joining the rest of humanity on Maia, a new virtual home. Sen was seventeen years old when the Digital Human Archive Project (DHAP) was initiated. 12,000,203,891 humans have been archived so far. Only Sen remains. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e[storyworker] ad39-393a-7fbc's assignment is to capture Sen's life, and they set about doing this using the novels of the 21st century as a roadmap. Their source files: 3.72TB of personal data, including images, archival records, log files, security reports, location tracking, purchase histories, biometrics, geo-facial analysis, and feeds. Potential fatal errors: underlying hardware failure, unexpected data inconsistencies, inability to follow DHAP procedures, empathy, insubordination, hallucinations. Keywords: mothers, filter, woods, road, morning, wind, bridge, cabin, bucket, trying, creek, notebook, hold, future, after, last, light, silence, matches, shattered, kitchen, body, bodies, rope, garage, abandoned, trees, never, broken, simulation, gone, run, don't, love, dark, scream, starve, if, after, scavenge, pieces, protect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Sen struggles to persist in the face of impending death, [storyworker] ad39-393a-7fbc works to unfurl the tale of Sen's whole life, offering up an increasingly intimate narrative, until they are confronted with a very human problem of their own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Debbie Urbanski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1668023458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668023457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.06w x 1.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2023 pg. 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/05\/2024","brand":"Debbie Urbanski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44213058765055,"sku":"9781668023457","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bfe4f5fb-50e3-4769-8a77-d0abeb9eb864.jpg?v=1692111829","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-world-debbie-urbanski-9781668023457","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}