{"product_id":"public-access-afterworld-jane-schoenbrun-9780593978382","title":"Public Access Afterworld","description":"\u003cb\u003eA mysterious realm on the other side of our screens. A dark force that draws victims into its static. The unlikely hero called to save them and herself from this electric hell. \u003ci\u003ePublic Access Afterworld\u003c\/i\u003e is the profound, binge-all-night, headrush of a novel by the celebrated filmmaker of \u003ci\u003eI Saw the TV Glow\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Jane Schoenbrun has the literary voice I've been famished for. \u003ci\u003ePublic Access Afterworld\u003c\/i\u003e gave me a vertiginous thrill I haven't encountered since David Mitchell.\"--Torrey Peters\u003cbr\u003e\"Thrilling, heart-wrenching, hilarious, visionary, and so damned smart, this novel is a major work by a major writer.\"--Paul Tremblay \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFind the receiver. Make it real.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt 5:35pm on September 3rd, 1988, Dallas weatherman Ray \"Can You Say Sunshine\" Davino makes passing reference to Public Access Afterworld during a rambling monologue, right before he puts a gun to his head on live television and pulls the trigger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn June 12th, 2009, David Sawyer and Erin Morrison, two lonely, TV-obsessed suburban teens who might be falling in love, gather in Erin's basement to watch TV's analog-to-digital transition. But in the static that follows, Erin witnesses surreal broadcasts from a pirate TV network called Public Access Afterworld and their lives are changed forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeventeen years later, Bethany Peters toils through the night shift at megacorp GlobalVill's bleak Austin campus. A trans content moderator, she spends her evenings reviewing an endless stream of horrific videos. But then a young streamer begins to crop up in her feed calling out to Public Access Afterworld. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what \u003ci\u003eis \u003c\/i\u003ePublic Access Afterworld? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning decades and realities, with an unforgettable ensemble of outcasts and nerds, especially the messy but wholly relatable Bethany who must overcome paranoia and self-doubt to transform into a hero of our times, \u003ci\u003ePublic Access Afterworld \u003c\/i\u003ewill have you reading through the night and rooting for its characters to survive. A mesmerizing mashup of speculative fiction, horror, and conspiracy, it marks the arrival of a major new force in contemporary fiction by a groundbreaking filmmaker who's been compared to David Lynch and Paul Thomas Anderson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Schoenbrun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593978382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593978382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hogarth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Jane Schoenbrun","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48457562063103,"sku":"9780593978382","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e117753e-90b0-476b-846b-8f0c51475d75.jpg?v=1777399965","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/public-access-afterworld-jane-schoenbrun-9780593978382","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}