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001 2013030996
003 DLC
005 20140904081158.0
008 130916s2014 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2013030996
020 $a9781250045027 (hardback)
020 $z9781466843349 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPS3607.L3436$bN68 2014
082 00 $a813/.6$223
084 $aFIC000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aGladstone, Wayne.
245 10 $aNotes from the Internet Apocalypse /$cWayne Gladstone.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bThomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,$c2014.
300 $a216 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"When the Internet suddenly stops working, society reels from the loss of flowing data, instant messages, and streaming entertainment. Addicts wander the streets, talking to themselves in 140 characters or forcing cats to perform tricks for their amusement, while the truly desperate pin their requests for casual encounters on public bulletin boards. The economy tumbles further and the government passes the draconian NET Recovery Act. For Gladstone, the Net's disappearance comes particularly hard following the loss of his wife, leaving his flask of Jamesons and grandfather's fedora as the only comforts in his Brooklyn apartment. But there are rumors that someone in New York is still online. Someone set apart from this new world where Facebook flirters "poke" each other in real life and members of Anonymous trade memes at secret parties. Where a former librarian can sell information as a human search engine, and the perverted fulfill their secret fetishes at the blossoming Rule 34 club. With the help of his friends, a blogger and a webcam girl both now out of work, Gladstone sets off to find the Internet. But is he the right man to save humanity from this Apocalypse? For fans of David Wong, Chad Kultgen, and Chuck Palahniuk, Wayne Gladstone's Notes from the Internet Apocalypse examines the question "What is life without the Web?""--$cProvided by publisher.
650 7 $aFICTION / General.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/027/9781250045027/image/lgcover.9781250045027.jpg