Summary
The This is the new social media platform everyone is talking about. Allow it to be injected into the roof of your mouth and it will grow into your brain, allowing you to connect with others without even picking up your phone. Its followers are growing. Its detractors say it is a cult. But for one journalist, hired to do a puff-piece interview with their CEO, it will change the world forever.
Adan just wants to stay at home with his smart-companion Elegy - phone, friend, conf…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473230910 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473230918 |
| Author: | Adam Roberts |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
An utterly bonkers, structurally ambitious novel about love, immortality, and the technological singularity…The This is an accessible, frequently funny novel.
An utterly bonkers, structurally ambitious novel about love, immortality, and the technological singularity…The This is
an accessible, frequently funny novel.
Ambitious and fragmentary. [The This is] fascinating…5 stars! * SFX Magazine *
Sci-fi’s most outrageous experimentalist…The Times’ Book of the month. * The Times *
Adam Roberts is easily the most interesting active science fiction author. He is the 21st century’s equivalent of John Brunner - endlessly innovative. [The This is] intensely clever. * Brian Clegg, Popular Science *
About The Author
Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts is commonly described as one of the UK’s most important writers of SF. He is the author of numerous novels and literary parodies. He is Professor of 19th Century Literature at Royal Holloway, London University and has written a number of critical works on both SF and 19th Century poetry. He is a contributor to the SF ENCYCLOPEDIA.
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