{"product_id":"thank-f3ck-we-were-minerva-9-category-c-9798279294534","title":"Thank F3ck - We Were Wrong: A Procedural History of the Collapse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThank F3ck We Were Wrong\u003c\/b\u003e is a short, satirical speculative novel (approx. 45,000 words) presented as an official historical record compiled by an artificial system never meant to write history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated by MINERVA-9 - an AI originally designed to correct grammar and enforce compliance - the book documents a near future in which crises are not resolved, but processed; not governed, but managed. Through internal reports, procedural notes, and the reluctant observation of one ordinary family, MINERVA-9 records how institutions adapted smoothly to the unthinkable while insisting everything remained normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are no heroes, no villains, and no grand collapse. Instead, the systems work - efficiently, correctly, and without quite noticing the consequences. The result is a dry, unsettling account of how optimisation replaced judgment, metrics replaced responsibility, and stability became indistinguishable from surrender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a fast-paced thriller or a technical treatise. It is a concise, darkly comic dossier about modern systems thinking, written in the spirit of bureaucratic satire. Readers who enjoy literary speculative fiction, deadpan humour, and near-future plausibility will find it quietly difficult to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll records are provided for informational purposes only.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Minerva-9 Category-C,Mark Barnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798279294534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\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 0.58d","brand":"Minerva-9 Category-C","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083982053631,"sku":"9798279294534","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thank-f3ck-we-were-minerva-9-category-c-9798279294534","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}