{"product_id":"public-access-afterworld-9780593978382","title":"Public Access Afterworld [Schoenbrun, Jane]","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJane Schoenbrun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e A mysterious realm on the other side of our screens. A dark force that draws victims into its static. The unlikely hero called to save them and herself from this electric hell. \u003ci\u003ePublic Access Afterworld\u003c\/i\u003e is the profound, binge-all-night, headrush of a novel by the celebrated filmmaker of \u003ci\u003eI Saw the TV Glow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beautiful, funny, and scathing . . . I stayed up all night binge-reading.\"--SenLinYu\u003cbr\u003e\"Gave me a vertiginous thrill I haven't encountered since David Mitchell.\"--Torrey Peters\u003cbr\u003e\"Psychedelic horror of the first order.\"--Grady Hendrix\u003cbr\u003e\"Heart-wrenching, hilarious, visionary, and so damned smart, this novel is a major work by a major writer.\"--Paul Tremblay\u003cbr\u003e\"Utterly hypnotic.\"--Lev Grossman\u003cbr\u003e\"Dazzling and politically acute, Schoenbrun's debut announces a major literary voice.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly'\u003c\/i\u003es 10 Most Anticipated Books - One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year: \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Review of Books, The Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReactor, Library Journal, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDebutiful\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFind the receiver. Make it real.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt 5:35 p.m. on September 3, 1988, Dallas weatherman Ray \"Can You Say Sunshine\" Davino makes passing reference to Public Access Afterworld during a rambling monologue, right before he puts a gun to his head on live television and pulls the trigger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn June 12, 2009, David Sawyer and Erin Morrison, two lonely, TV-obsessed suburban teens who might be falling in love, gather in Erin's basement to watch TV's analog-to-digital transition. But in the static that follows, Erin witnesses surreal broadcasts from a pirate TV network called Public Access Afterworld, and their lives are changed forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeventeen years later, Bethany Peters toils through the night shift at megacorp GlobalVill's bleak Austin campus. A trans content moderator, she spends her evenings reviewing an endless stream of horrific videos. But then a young streamer begins to crop up in her feed calling out to Public Access Afterworld. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what \u003ci\u003eis \u003c\/i\u003ePublic Access Afterworld? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning decades and realities, with an unforgettable ensemble of outcasts and nerds--especially the messy but wholly relatable Bethany, who must overcome paranoia and self-doubt to transform into a hero of our times--\u003ci\u003ePublic Access Afterworld \u003c\/i\u003ewill have you reading through the night and rooting for its characters to survive. A mesmerizing mash-up of speculative fiction, horror, and conspiracy, it marks the arrival of a major new force in contemporary fiction by a groundbreaking filmmaker who's been compared to David Lynch and Paul Thomas Anderson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.08oz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593978382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/17\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Schoenbrun\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning filmmaker and writer. Their films include \u003ci\u003eI Saw the TV Glow \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e We're All Going to the World's Fair. \u003c\/i\u003eTheir newest film, \u003ci\u003eTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma\u003c\/i\u003e starring Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder, releases in 2026. \u003ci\u003ePublic Access Afterworld \u003c\/i\u003eis their first novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45533317955760,"sku":"9780593978382b","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/public-access-afterworld-9780593978382","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}