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    Infinite Detail: A Novel
    Infinite Detail: A Novel
    Infinite Detail: A Novel
    Audiobook9 hours

    Infinite Detail: A Novel

    Written by Tim Maughan

    Narrated by Joe Sims and Marisa Calin

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    A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL

    A timely and uncanny portrait of a world in the wake of fake news, diminished privacy, and a total shutdown of the Internet.

    This program includes a bonus interview between the author and journalist Brian Merchant.

    BEFORE: In Bristol’s center lies the Croft, a digital no-man’s-land cut off from the surveillance, Big Data dependence, and corporate-sponsored, globally hegemonic aspirations that have overrun the rest of the world. Ten years in, it’s become a center of creative counterculture. But it’s fraying at the edges, radicalizing from inside. How will it fare when its chief architect, Rushdi Mannan, takes off to meet his boyfriend in New York City—now the apotheosis of the new techno-utopian global metropolis?

    AFTER: An act of anonymous cyberterrorism has permanently switched off the Internet. Global trade, travel, and communication have collapsed. The luxuries that characterized modern life are scarce. In the Croft, Mary—who has visions of people presumed dead—is sought out by grieving families seeking connections to lost ones. But does Mary have a gift or is she just hustling to stay alive? Like Grids, who runs the Croft’s black market like personal turf. Or like Tyrone, who hoards music (culled from cassettes, the only medium to survive the crash) and tattered sneakers like treasure.

    The world of Infinite Detail is a small step shy of our own: utterly dependent on technology, constantly brokering autonomy and privacy for comfort and convenience. With Infinite Detail, Tim Maughan makes the hitherto-unimaginable come true: the End of the Internet, the End of the World as We Know It.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateMar 5, 2019
    ISBN9781250203168
    Author

    Tim Maughan

    Tim Maughan is an author, a journalist, and a features writer who uses both fiction and nonfiction to explore issues around cities, class, culture, globalization, technology, and the future. His work regularly appears on the BBC and in Vice and New Scientist.

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      Honestly one of the best books I've devoured in a long time. Beautifully crafted, narration was perfect. Joe Sims narrated most of it, and he was so amazing with the accents that I was easily lost in the story. He was also soft spoken at times which was comforting. Marisa Calin, one of my favorite narrators only narrated a tiny part of this book. I didn't mind though. It was excellent.

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