{"product_id":"public-access-afterworld-jane-schoenbrun-hardcover","title":"Public Access Afterworld -- Jane Schoenbrun, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e A 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beautiful, funny, and scathing . . . I stayed up all night binge-reading.\"--SenLinYu\n\n\"Gave me a vertiginous thrill I haven't encountered since David Mitchell.\"--Torrey Peters\n\n\"Psychedelic horror of the first order.\"--Grady Hendrix\n\n\"Heart-wrenching, hilarious, visionary, and so damned smart, this novel is a major work by a major writer.\"--Paul Tremblay\n\n\"Utterly hypnotic.\"--Lev Grossman\n\n\"Dazzling and politically acute, Schoenbrun's debut announces a major literary voice.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\n\n\"A dazzling story . . . a great American novel.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\n\n\"One of the best novels of the year.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) One of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly'\u003c\/i\u003es 10 Most Anticipated Books - One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The New York Times Book Review Podcast, The Boston Globe, Lit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Review of Books, The Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReactor, Book Riot, Crime Reads, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDebutiful\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFind the receiver. Make it real.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what \u003ci\u003eis \u003c\/i\u003ePublic Access Afterworld? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jane Schoenbrun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hogarth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.75 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.3\" H x 6.4\" L x 1.9\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780593978382\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68189186883888,"sku":"9780593978382","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780593978382.jpg?v=1793097783","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/public-access-afterworld-jane-schoenbrun-hardcover","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}