Children of the New World
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Narrated by:
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David Baker
About this listen
Thirteen short stories to stun, thrill and terrify in equal measure.
A creator of virtual memories struggles to distinguish real-life experience from manufactured events. A childless couple conceive two children in an online world, only for their imagined life to be infected by a computer virus. The robotic brother of an adopted Chinese child 'dies', and a family realises how real a son he had become.
Alexander Weinstein's debut story collection, Children of the New World, imagines a near future of social-media implants and instant connection, environmental collapse and postrevolution discord. It grapples with our unease in the modern world and how our ever-growing dependence on new technologies has changed the shape of our society. Alexander Weinstein is a visionary new voice for all of us who are fascinated by and terrified of what we might find on the horizon.
©2016 Alexander Weinstein (P)2017 Macmillan Digital AudioCritic reviews
"Scary, recognizable, heart-breaking, witty, and absolutely human.... This is mind-bending stuff. Weinstein's collection is full of spot-on prose, wicked humor, and heart." (Publishers Weekly)
"Each of the stories feels utterly possible, and the worlds are deftly rendered - whether they show us the effects of climate change or new types of sex made possible by advanced technology." (Kirkus Reviews)