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Title: |
So We Blush Less When the Phone Rings |
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| By (author): |
Mark Wagstaff |
| ISBN10-13: |
1772142514 : 9781772142518 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
92 |
| Weight: |
.110 Kg. |
| Published: |
Anvil Press - October 2025 |
| List Price: |
13.99 Pounds Sterling |
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Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| In a future hotter than today, people meet their needs through tailored forms of intelligence. From the cyborg security at the food mart to the ever-learning, ever-loving forms that can effectively â and acceptably â be a life partner. The processing nous of an AI spouse is all the more valuable in a world where everythingâ s a game. An actual game. So We Blush Less When The Phone Rings presents a world where differences hinge on whether weâ re organic or customised, whether weâ re physical creatures or a controlled visualisation. This is a world where power dynamics are hazy and the old uncertainties of romance mean nothing in the face of reliable engineering. But no society can be all winners. In this world, â scarcity valueâ haunts everything and staying wholly natural is the only sure way to lose. Who benefits and who goes without is determined by iron rules, while commodities are acquired via an ongoing bidding game. The purpose of this society is to hold a bright blanket around chronic scarcity. The world is too hot to do anything more. And even a respectable, happy married couple, once they step outside the game, find themselves talking to bullets. |
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