A Strange and Brilliant Light

Lee, Eli

£16.99

A riveting, thought-provoking speculative literary novel exploring the impact of the AI revolution through the eyes of three very different young women – Lal, Janetta and Rose.

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Publish Date: 22/07/2021

Description

A riveting, thought-provoking speculative literary novel exploring the impact of the AI revolution through the eyes of three very different young women.

Lal, Janetta and Rose are living in a time of flux. Technological advance has brought huge financial rewards to those with power, but large swathes of the population are losing their jobs to artificial intelligence, or auts, as they’re called. Unemployment is high, discontent is rife and rumours are swirling. Many feel robbed – not just of their livelihoods, but of their hopes for the future.

Lal is languishing in her role at a coffee shop and feeling overshadowed by her quietly brilliant sister, Janetta, whose Ph.D. is focused on making auts empathetic. Even Rose, Lal’s best friend, has found a sense of purpose in charismatic up-and-coming politician Alek.

When vigilantes break in to the coffee shop and destroy their new coffee-making aut, it sets in motion a chain of events that will pull the three young women in very different directions.

Change is coming – change that will launch humankind into a new era. If Rose, Lal and Janetta can find a way to combine their burgeoning talents, they might just end up setting the course of history.

‘A disquieting take on Big Tech’s plans for the future of work’ GWYNETH JONES

Mind-bendingCAROLE STIVERS

Additional information

Weight 500 g
Dimensions 240 × 158 × 38 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

416

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K