{"product_id":"gigs-9781603095938","title":"Gigs","description":"\u003cb\u003eA.I. took the work. Gigs replaced jobs. Ordinary people are left to scrape together lives in a world that's no longer built for them. These are their stories.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a frighteningly near future where Basic Income is supplemented by gig work assigned by \"the app\"...an octogenarian punk and a lonely young worker seek escape through music. A street artist makes art by night and paints over it by day. A has-been detective chases a case into a forgotten world. A drug runner makes a long, strange delivery. A writer marks her days on a decaying space station she can't leave. And a refugee asks for help in the last free place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a hard-won blend of biting satire and humanistic passion, two creators from the North of England weave together six divergent chapters into an extraordinary graphic novel. \u003ci\u003eGigs\u003c\/i\u003e is both a powerful warning about the oppressive world to come and a defiant celebration of the humanity that will sprout up in the cracks.\u003cbr\u003e\"A sharp, funny look at where the future's heading and what we can do about it. Emotive, thought-provoking, beautifully drawn and written with wit, this is the sort of science-fiction we need more of.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- Adrian Tchaikovsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuthor of the Hugo Award-winning Children of Time series.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Top Shelf Productions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603095938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276","brand":"Mark Mosedale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52452303274165,"sku":"9781603095938","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2552cab0-aaf6-4217-b600-73f547050591.jpg?v=1776826641","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/gigs-9781603095938","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}