Public Access Afterworld

A riot in novel form by an author with an utterly singular, original vision. Public Access Afterworld will leave you breathless and desperate for a sequel – Kaliane Bradley, author of THE MINISTRY OF TIME
Jane Schoenbrun has the literary voice I’ve been famished for. Public Access Afterworld gave me a vertiginous thrill I haven’t encountered since David Mitchell; the kind of epic book that doesn’t just warp reality on the page but goes on warping when you look up - you read it and the world glints with secrets anew. – Torrey Peters, author of STAG DANCE and DETRANSITION, BABY
Public Access Afterworld is an immersive and chilling journey that I stayed up all night binge-reading. Schoenbrun’s skill and confidence as a storyteller are made clear by the deft way they play with both genre and form as the book bends and warps across time and mediums. Adroitly beautiful, funny, and scathing, Public Access Afterworld is a book from a talented storyteller with much to say, who’s not afraid to say it – SenLinYu, #1 New York Times bestselling author of ALCHEMISED
In Jane Schoenbrun’s electric Public Access Afterworld the American dream is refracted through the lens of the history of television to show its true nightmare self. Thrilling, heart-wrenching, hilarious, visionary, and so damned smart, this novel is a major work from a major talent – Paul Tremblay, author of A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS and DEAD BUT DREAMING OF ELECTRIC SHEEP
A thriller unlike any other. Strange, urgent, utterly hypnotic - once you start reading Public Access Afterworld, you won’t stop – Lev Grossman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE MAGICIANS
Constantly yanking the magical carpet out from under the reader’s feet, this epic quest for the source of all television is psychedelic horror of the first order – Grady Hendrix, author of WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS

Praise for I Saw the TV Glow, written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun

‘Jane Schoenbrun was born to make cult classics’ GQ
‘An atmosphere so intoxicating, it feels less like the creation of a movie and more that of an entire world’ Guardian
‘What’s most effective, and staggering, is Schoenbrun’s storytelling’ New York Times

Jane Schoenbrun is an award-winning filmmaker and writer. Their films include I Saw the TV Glow and We’re All Going to the World’s Fair. Their newest film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, starring Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder, will release in 2026. Public Access Afterworld is their first novel.

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