{"product_id":"public-access-afterworld-a-novel-by-jane-schoenbrun","title":"Public Access Afterworld: A Novel by Jane Schoenbrun (Backorder)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCurrently on backorder. Expect shipment in 1-3 weeks.\u003c\/strong\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. Public Access Afterworld is the profound, binge-all-night, headrush of a novel by the celebrated filmmaker of I Saw the TV Glow and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Beautiful, funny, and scathing . . . I stayed up all night binge-reading.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—SenLinYu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Gave me a vertiginous thrill I haven’t encountered since David Mitchell.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Torrey Peters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Psychedelic horror of the first order.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Grady Hendrix\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Heart-wrenching, hilarious, visionary, and so damned smart, this novel is a major work by a major writer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Paul Tremblay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Utterly hypnotic.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Lev Grossman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind the receiver. Make it real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 5:35pm on September 3rd, 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\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn June 12th, 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\u003e \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\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut what is Public Access Afterworld?  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \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, Public Access Afterworld will have you reading through the night and rooting for its characters to survive. A mesmerizing mashup 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","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67782154223690,"sku":null,"price":23.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/3859\/9242\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_c7c322a3-4373-4d99-93cd-fdb005bbb37f.jpg?v=1792685868","url":"https:\/\/comicorderly.com\/products\/public-access-afterworld-a-novel-by-jane-schoenbrun","provider":"Comic Orderly","version":"1.0","type":"link"}