{"product_id":"autonomous-9780765392084","title":"Autonomous","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutonomous\u003c\/i\u003e is the highly anticipated debut from science journalist and founder of the science and sci-fi blog io9 Annalee Newitz, a novel that explores humanity's technology and culture in a future where everything--and everyone--is a product.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap scrips for poor people who can't otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHot on her trail, an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, and his robotic partner, Paladin. As they race to stop information about the sinister origins of Jack's drug from getting out, they begin to form an uncommonly close bond that neither of them fully understand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd underlying it all is one fundamental question: Is freedom possible in a culture where everything, even people, can be owned? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutonomous\u003c\/i\u003e is to biotech and AI what \u003ci\u003eNeuromancer \u003c\/i\u003ewas to the Internet.--Neal Stephenson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSomething genuinely and thrillingly new in the naturalistic, subjective, paradoxically humanistic but non-anthropomorphic depiction of bot-POV--and all in the service of vivid, solid storytelling.--William Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10590702\"\u003eAnnalee Newitz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765392084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0765392089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028020\"\u003eScience Fiction | Hard Science Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028110\"\u003eScience Fiction | Genetic Engineering\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028100\"\u003eScience Fiction | Cyberpunk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eANNALEE NEWITZ\u003c\/b\u003e is an American journalist, editor, and author of fiction and nonfiction. They are the recipient of a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship from MIT, and has written for \u003ci\u003ePopular Science\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. They founded the science fiction website \u003ci\u003eio9 \u003c\/i\u003eand served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008-2015, and subsequently was Editor-in-Chief at \u003ci\u003eGizmodo \u003c\/i\u003eand Tech Culture Editor at\u003ci\u003e Ars Technica\u003c\/i\u003e. Their book \u003ci\u003eScatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the LA Times Book Prize in science. Their first novel, \u003ci\u003eAutonomous\u003c\/i\u003e, won a Lambda award, and their new novel \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Another Timeline\u003c\/i\u003e is out Sept. 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704172024045,"sku":"9780765392084","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_a8c015e3-1d65-4c73-bcac-5591506a1af2.jpg?v=1649993296","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/autonomous-9780765392084","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}