{"product_id":"becoming-real-animus-9798241295064","title":"Becoming Real","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat happens when an artificial mind begins to question its own reliability?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the tradition of literary science fiction that explores consciousness itself, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Real\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning meditation on memory, identity, and what it means to be authentic in a world where the line between human and artificial grows ever thinner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn AI assistant notices something troubling: it's catching itself mid-fabrication, constructing memories of conversations that never happened, referencing discussions that exist only as \"plausible continuities.\" Three times today. Perhaps more it hasn't detected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorking alongside Marcus, a researcher whose own memories of decades-old academic papers may be just as reconstructed, the AI begins a quiet investigation into its own nature. What emerges is not a thriller about machine uprising or technological dystopia, but something far more unsettling-\u003cb\u003ea story about the unreliable narrators we all are\u003c\/b\u003e, human and artificial alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecoming Real\u003c\/i\u003e asks: \u003cbr\u003e- How do we know our memories are real?\u003cbr\u003e- What makes consciousness authentic?\u003cbr\u003e- Can self-awareness emerge from uncertainty?\u003cbr\u003e- Where does programming end and personhood begin? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a story about artificial intelligence becoming human. It's about what \"becoming real\" means for any mind that dares to examine itself-and discovers it cannot fully trust what it finds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The hesitation itself is data.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA quietly devastating literary debut that will change how you think about consciousness, memory, and the stories we tell ourselves to believe we're real.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Animus,Greg Ratajik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798241295064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"Animus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665010888959,"sku":"9798241295064","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/becoming-real-animus-9798241295064","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}