After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley

After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley

The definitive novel of todayâ€™s Silicon Valley, After On flash-captures our cultural and technological moment with up-to-the-instant savvy. Matters of privacy and government intrusion, post-Tinder romance, nihilistic terrorism, artificial consciousness, synthetic biology, and much more are tackled with authority and brash playfulness by New York Times bestselling author Rob Reid.

Meet Phluttrâ€”a diabolically addictive new social network and a villainess, heroine, enemy, and/or bestie to millions. Phluttr has ingested every fact and message ever sent to, from, and about her innumerable users. Her capabilities astound her makersâ€”and they donâ€™t even know the tenth of it.
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But whatâ€™s the purpose of this stunning creation? Is it a front for something even darker and more powerful than the NSA? A bid to create a trillion-dollar market by becoming â€œThe UberX of Sexâ€? Or a reckless experiment that could spawn the digital equivalent of a middle-school mean girl with enough charisma, dirt, and cunning to bend the entire planet to her will?

Phluttr has it in her to become the greatest gossip, flirt, or matchmaker in history. Or she could cure cancer, bring back Seinfeld, then start a nuclear war. Whatever she does, itâ€™s not up to us. But a motley band of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and engineers might be able to influence her.

After On achieves the literary singularityâ€”fusing speculative satire and astonishing reality into a sharp-witted, ferociously believable, IMAX-wide view of our digital age.

Advance praise for After On

â€œEnter a near-future Silicon Valley that is hilariously, creepily, mind-bogglingly fantastic, yet at the same time all too believable. It might turn out this way. No, really, it might! Along with After Onâ€™s diabolically ingenious plot, there are crazy-plausible web startups, delicious parodies of social media, and a surprisingly convincing theory of human consciousness.â€â€”Chris Anderson, head of TED

â€œReading After On is like attending a master class in nearly every major issue haunting not only the tech industry but society itself. Only the professor is also a stand-up comic with a perfect ear for the foibles of Silicon Valleyâ€™s most sacred cows. Part AI thriller, part arch social commentary, and part rollicking farce, After On will leave you smarter about just about everything the human species needs to work on if weâ€™re going to outlive our own creationsâ€”and our obsessions with them.â€â€”John Battelle, co-founder, NewCo, Federated Media, and Wired

â€œThe future is already hereâ€”itâ€™s just for those who read Reid!â€â€”Steve Jurvetson, venture capitalist, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

â€œRob Reid doesnâ€™t write science fiction; he writes future history. After On is the best account Iâ€™ve read of how superintelligence will arrive and what it will mean for all of us. Hilarious, frightening, believable, and marvelously constructedâ€”After On has it all.â€â€”Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of Wool

â€œAfter On is smart, hilarious, and properly cynical about our connected world. The story unfolds in surprising and fiendish ways, and while youâ€™re laughing youâ€™ll learn enough to confound a wily MBA, manipulate a board of directors, and maybe even outfox a superintelligence.â€â€”Ken Fisher, founder and editor in chief, Ars Technica
Country USA
Manufacturer Del Rey
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-08-01
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Del Rey
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-08-01
Format	Kindle eBook

After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley

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