{"product_id":"public-access-afterworld-a-novel","title":"Public Access Afterworld: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\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. Public Access Afterworld is the profound, binge-all-night, headrush of a novel by the celebrated filmmaker of I Saw the TV Glow and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind the receiver. Make it real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut what is Public Access Afterworld?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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—Public Access Afterworld will 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“No synopsis can possibly convey the weird, full-hearted wonder of Jane Schoenbrun’s electrifying first novel . . . An entire generation may have found a receiver in this revelation of a book. Schoenbrun has called together the dreams and tribulations of a dimension of peoples—long erased, long maligned, too often brutalized, heroically resisting—and made them real.”—Junot Diaz, New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Beautiful, funny, and scathing . . . I stayed up all night binge-reading.”—SenLinYu ,author of Alchemised\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Gave me a vertiginous thrill I haven’t encountered since David Mitchell.”—Torrey Peters, author ofDetransition, Baby\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Heart-wrenching, hilarious, visionary, and so damned smart, this novel is a major work by a major writer.”—Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Dazzling and politically acute, Schoenbrun’s debut announces a major literary voice.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A dazzling story . . . a great American novel.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“One of the best novels of the year.”—Booklist (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jane Schoenbrun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hogarth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608pp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.5 x 9.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-0593978382\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hogarth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50905468797184,"sku":"9780593978382","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/3902\/files\/publicaccessafterworldhc.jpg?v=1793890037","url":"https:\/\/atomicbooks.com\/products\/public-access-afterworld-a-novel","provider":"Atomic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}