{"product_id":"9781593767693","title":"Users","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarrying the philosophical absurdities of life, technology, start-up culture, and family, \u003ci\u003eUsers\u003c\/i\u003e is for readers of Ling Ma, Dave Eggers’s \u003ci\u003eThe Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, and viewers of the hit Apple TV+ original series \u003ci\u003eSeverance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiles, a lead creative at a midsize virtual reality company known for its “original experiences,” has engineered a new product called The Ghost Lover. Wildly popular from the outset, the “game” is simple: a user’s simulated life is almost identical to their reality, except they’re haunted by the ghost of an ex-lover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, when a shift in the company's strategic vision puts The Ghost Lover at the center of a platform-wide controversy, Miles becomes the target of user outrage, and starts receiving a series of anonymous death threats. Typed notes sealed in envelopes with no postage or return address, these persistent threats push Miles into a paranoid panic, blurring his own sense of reality, catalyzing the collapse of his career, his marriage, and his relationship with his children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe once-promising road to success becomes a narrow set of choices for Miles, who, in a last ditch effort to save his job, pitches his masterpiece, a revolutionary device code-named the Egg, which will transform the company. The consequences for Miles seal him inside the walls of his life as what was once anxiety explodes into devastating absoluteness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a world rife with the unchecked power and ambition of tech, \u003ci\u003eUsers\u003c\/i\u003e investigates—with both humor and creeping dread—how interpersonal experiences and private decisions influence the hasty developments that have the power to permanently alter the landscape of human experience.","brand":"Colin Winnette","offers":[{"title":"Catapult |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-03-19","offer_id":44663270867199,"sku":"9781593767693","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4d7da552-2d16-46cd-aeef-daecc7850033.jpg?v=1704533113","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781593767693","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}