{"product_id":"after-world-hardcover","title":"After World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDebbie Urbanski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2025 ASLE Creative Writing Book Award and the CNY Book Award for Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Engadget\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Climate Reality Project Book Club Pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"intelligent, defiant\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) debut that follows an Artificial Intelligence tasked with writing a novel--only for it to fall in love with the novel's subject, Sen, the last human on Earth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFaced with the uncontrolled and accelerating environmental collapse, humanity asks an artificial intelligence to find a solution. Its answer is simple: remove humans from the ecosystem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSen Anon is assigned to be a witness for the Department of Transition, recording the changes in the environment as the world begins to rewild. Abandoned by her mother in a cabin somewhere in upstate New York, Sen will observe the monumental ecological shift known as the Great Transition, the final step in Project Afterworld. Around her drones buzz, cameras watch, microphones listen, digitizing her every move. Privately she keeps a journal of her observations, which are then uploaded and saved, joining the rest of humanity on Maia, a new virtual home. Sen was seventeen years old when the Digital Human Archive Project (DHAP) was initiated. 12,000,203,891 humans have been archived so far. Only Sen remains. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e[storyworker] ad39-393a-7fbc's assignment is to capture Sen's life, and they set about doing this using the novels of the 21st century as a roadmap. As Sen struggles to persist in the face of impending death, [storyworker] ad39-393a-7fbc works to unfurl the tale of Sen's whole life, offering up an increasingly intimate narrative until they are confronted with a very human problem of their own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAfter World\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"riveting, creepy...dazzling,\" (Kimberly King Parsons, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Light\u003c\/i\u003e) novel about what it means to be human in a world upended by AI and the bonds we forge with technology.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDebbie Urbanski is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eAfter World\u003c\/i\u003e. Her stories and essays have been published widely in such places as \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Experimental Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e, and Junior Great Books. A recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award, she can often be found hiking with her family in the hills south of Syracuse, New York. She is still looking for her portal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.34 x 9.06 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52613121736986,"sku":"9781668023457","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/GXPAgvKrcN9781668023457.webp?v=1785403595","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/after-world-hardcover","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}