Users : a novel /
Miles, 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 t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Soft Skull Press,
[2023].
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| Summary: | Miles, 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. However, 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 274 pages : portrait ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781593767372 1593767374 |