{"product_id":"the-machine-is-stopped-thomas-brookside-9798424779275","title":"The Machine is Stopped","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnsnared in a web of data...that only the machines can see.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessica serves the future state as a Professional - a member of a tiny class of bureaucrats teetering far above the wretched and dependent Clients who are all that is left of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Jessica depends in turn on the machines that are her only remaining connection to the outside world - and whose pitiless algorithms judge her every word, every gesture, and every heartbeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis homage to the classic novella \u003ci\u003eThe Machine Stops\u003c\/i\u003e reimagines E.M. Forster's prescient dystopian vision for our age of ubiquitous social media, technological isolation, and therapeutic totalitarianism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Brookside\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798424779275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.39d","brand":"Thomas Brookside","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49167746760959,"sku":"9798424779275","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-machine-is-stopped-thomas-brookside-9798424779275","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}