Summary
In late twenty-first century Australia, Tao-Yi and her partner Navin spend most of their time inside a hyper-immersive, hyper-consumerist virtual reality called Gaia. They log on, go to work, socialise, and even eat in this digital utopia.
Meanwhile their aging bodies lie suspended in pods inside cramped apartments. Across the city, in the abandoned ‘real’ world, Tao-Yi’s mother remains stubbornly offline, dwindling away between hospital visits and memories of her earlier life in Mala…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922806017 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922806013 |
| Author: | Grace Chan |
| Publisher: | Affirm Press |
| Imprint: | Affirm Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 26 July 2022 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 155mm x 24mm |
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‘Visceral, mind-bending and tender. Every Version of You asks what it is to be human. Just beautiful.’ - Inga Simpson
About The Author
Grace Chan
Grace Chan is an Aurealis and Norma K Hemming Award-nominated writer and doctor. She was born in Malaysia and lives in Australia. Her writing explores brains, minds, space, technology, and narrative identity. Her short fiction can be found in Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Space and Time Magazine, Aurealis, Andromeda Spaceways, and other places. Every Version of You is her first novel.
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