{"product_id":"public-access-afterworld-8382","title":"Public Access Afterworld","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003ePublisher Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Ten Best Books of the Year | \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The New York Times Book Review Podcast, The Boston Globe, Time, The Millions, Autostraddle, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Lit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVulture, AV Club, The Chicago Review of Books, The Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReactor, Electric Lit, Book Riot, Crime Reads, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGizmodo, Debutiful, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWrite Through the Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Schoenbrun, whose films \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe're All Going to the World's Fair \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Saw the TV Glow \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003emark them as among the most original voices in independent cinema, brings their signature preoccupations to fiction with stunning ambition.\"\u003c\/b\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mysterious realm on the other side of our screens. A dark force that draws victims into its static. The unlikely hero called to save them and herself from this electric hell. \u003ci\u003ePublic Access Afterworld\u003c\/i\u003e is the profound, binge-all-night, headrush of a novel by the celebrated filmmaker of \u003ci\u003eI Saw the TV Glow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFind the receiver. Make it real.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 5:35 p.m. on September 3, 1988, Dallas weatherman Ray \"Can You Say Sunshine\" Davino makes passing reference to Public Access Afterworld during a rambling monologue, right before he puts a gun to his head on live television and pulls the trigger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn June 12, 2009, David Sawyer and Erin Morrison, two lonely, TV-obsessed suburban teens who might be falling in love, gather in Erin's basement to watch TV's analog-to-digital transition. But in the static that follows, Erin witnesses surreal broadcasts from a pirate TV network called Public Access Afterworld, and their lives are changed forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeventeen years later, Bethany Peters toils through the night shift at megacorp GlobalVill's bleak Austin campus. A trans content moderator, she spends her evenings reviewing an endless stream of horrific videos. But then a young streamer begins to crop up in her feed calling out to Public Access Afterworld.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut what \u003ci\u003eis \u003c\/i\u003ePublic Access Afterworld?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning decades and realities, with an unforgettable ensemble of outcasts and nerds--especially the messy but wholly relatable Bethany, who must overcome paranoia and self-doubt to transform into a hero of our times-- \u003ci\u003ePublic Access Afterworld \u003c\/i\u003ewill have you reading through the night and rooting for its characters to survive. A mesmerizing mash-up of speculative fiction, horror, and conspiracy, it marks the arrival of a major new force in contemporary fiction by a groundbreaking filmmaker who's been compared to David Lynch and Paul Thomas Anderson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Schoenbrun\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning filmmaker and writer. Their films include \u003ci\u003eI Saw the TV Glow, We're All Going to the World's Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma\u003c\/i\u003e starring Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder. \u003ci\u003ePublic Access Afterworld\u003c\/i\u003e is their first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Schoenbrun","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67896796053789,"sku":"9780593978382","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9780593978382.jpg?v=1793217629","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/public-access-afterworld-8382","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}