{"product_id":"metapatterning-for-disconnection-brandon-w-teigland-9781990496141","title":"Metapatterning for Disconnection","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor Théodore Ostrom, a physicist researching dark matter at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory, becoming posthuman both evokes \u003cem\u003eterror\u003c\/em\u003e and excites \u003cem\u003epleasure\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe terror is easy to understand. The days of \u003cem\u003ethe human\u003c\/em\u003e may be numbered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the return to his Beijing apartment during a global speciation event, Théodore Ostrom receives a call from an automated legal service, informing him that his family has died in a motor vehicle accident.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat about the pleasure? The exhilarating prospect of getting out of the old limits of human life, its uncertainty, its impermanence, and opening up new ways of being \u003cem\u003eother-than-human\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the hours leading up to his family's virtual funeral, Théodore Ostrom speculates over his complicated relationship with (0), who has already \u003cem\u003etranscended\u003c\/em\u003e without him. Having no choice but to decide whether to become posthuman or to remain human, he writes \u003cem\u003eMetapatterning for Disconnection\u003c\/em\u003e, a deracinated monologue that embraces extinction in an attempt to achieve a final, if not total, catharsis from the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBRANDON TEIGLAND is a Canadian speculative fiction writer largely concerned with pioneering the posthuman as a literary phenomenon, inviting the reader to construct significance out of ruptures, juxtapositions, and implied links.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brandon W. Teigland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1990496148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781990496141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ace of Swords Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.13d","brand":"Brandon W. Teigland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874258694399,"sku":"9781990496141","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/metapatterning-for-disconnection-brandon-w-teigland-9781990496141","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}