Children of the New World |
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| Author:
| Weinstein, Alexander |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4893-9208-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 2017 |
| Publisher: | Bolinda Publishing Pty, Limited
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| Imprint: | Bolinda Audio |
| Book Format: | CD-Extra |
| List Price: | AUD $87.95 |
Book Description:
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A creator of virtual memories struggles to distinguish real-life experience from manufactured events. A childless couple conceive two children in an online world, only for their imagined life to be infected by a computer virus. The robotic brother of an adopted Chinese child 'dies', and a family realises how real a son he had become.Alexander Weinstein's debut story collection, Children of the New World, imagines a near future of social-media implants and instant connection,...
More DescriptionA creator of virtual memories struggles to distinguish real-life experience from manufactured events. A childless couple conceive two children in an online world, only for their imagined life to be infected by a computer virus. The robotic brother of an adopted Chinese child 'dies', and a family realises how real a son he had become.Alexander Weinstein's debut story collection, Children of the New World, imagines a near future of social-media implants and instant connection, environmental collapse and post-revolution discord. It grapples with our unease in the modern world and how our ever-growing dependence on new technologies has changed the shape of our society. Alexander Weinstein is a visionary new voice for all of us who are fascinated by and terrified of what we might find on the horizon.