{"product_id":"autonomy-4","title":"Autonomy","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn a near future ravaged by illness and political fracture, one woman and her AI companion enter the dangerous sealed world of the superrich.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is 2035, and a fledgling synthetic consciousness wakes up in a lab. Jenny, the lead developer, is determined to nurture this new being like a child. She trains it to work with people at the border of the American Protectorate of Canada. She names it Julian.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nTwo years later, Slaton, a university therapist, is framed by a student for arranging an illegal abortion. When she follows the student to America, she is detained at the border, where she meets Julian in virtual space. After a week of interviews, he makes a strange and consequential choice: he decides to stay with her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAs Julian learns about the world, the human condition, and what it means to fall in love, a mysterious plague begins spreading across the globe. Only Julian, far-seeing, connected, and no longer quite controllable, may be able to protect Slaton from the collapse to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAutonomy\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious philosophical novel about love, embodiment, power, and survival in a world where human bodies are increasingly threatened, mediated, or left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA RARE MACHINES BOOK\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1459748476\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 56JUHA0007PV_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hetherington, Victoria\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book is in excellent condition. Pages are unmarked. Book may have minimal writing inside cover or on cover pages.  Cover image on the book may vary. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47805336092849,"sku":"56JUHA0007PV_ns","price":11.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/1459748476-0_b9502708-6a90-434c-9e06-8f116341628d.jpg?v=1785641797","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/autonomy-4","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}