{"product_id":"public-access-afterworld-by-jane-schoenbrun-preorder","title":"Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoenbrun *PREORDER*","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date 10\/27\/2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHardcover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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\u003eis the profound, binge-all-night, headrush of a novel by the celebrated filmmaker of \u003ci\u003eI Saw the TV Glow\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFind the receiver. Make it real.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt 5:35pm on September 3rd, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn June 12th, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut what is Public Access Afterworld?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublic Access Afterworld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will have you reading through the night and rooting for its characters to survive. A mesmerizing mashup 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlease note: If your preorder includes books with different release dates, your order will not ship until all titles have been released. If you’d like to receive them separately, please add a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookishboutiquellc.com\/products\/split-my-order\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eSplit My Order\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cb\u003e to your order.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookish Boutique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41402967883840,"sku":null,"price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0065\/4537\/5296\/files\/PublicAccessAfterworld.png?v=1791567348","url":"https:\/\/bookishboutiquellc.com\/products\/public-access-afterworld-by-jane-schoenbrun-preorder","provider":"Bookish Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}