{"product_id":"unworld-9780593688335","title":"Unworld","description":"\u003cb\u003eNAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST - \u003c\/i\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eOnce More We Saw Stars\u003c\/i\u003e comes a gripping novel about four intertwined lives that collide in the wake of a mysterious tragedy. Set in a near-future world where the boundaries between human and AI blur, the story challenges our understanding of consciousness and humanity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnna is shattered by the violent death of her son, Alex, and tormented by the question of whether it was an accident or a suicide. Samantha is Alex's best friend, and the only eyewitness to his death. She keeps returning to the cliff where she watched him either jump or fall, trying to sift through the shards. Aviva is an \"upload,\" a digital entity composed of the sense memories of a human tether. But she's \"emancipated,\" having left her human behind. Set free from her source and harboring a troubling secret, she finds temporary solace in the body of Cathy, a self-destructive ex-addict turned AI professor and upload-rights activist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith\u003ci\u003e UnWorld\u003c\/i\u003e, Jayson Greene envisions a grim but eerily familiar near-future where all lines have blurred--between visceral and digital, human and machine, real and unreal. As Anna, Cathy, Sam, and Aviva's stories hurtle toward each other, the stakes of \u003ci\u003eUnWorld\u003c\/i\u003e reveal themselves with electrifying intensity: What happens to the soul when it is splintered by grief? Where does love reside except in memory? What does it mean to be conscious, to be human, to be alive?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593688335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.63d","brand":"Jayson Greene","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537496961205,"sku":"9780593688335","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_11894b88-315c-4c35-ad14-1dde7085f33e.jpg?v=1779169814","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/unworld-9780593688335","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}