{"product_id":"the-automatic-age-9781773370408","title":"The Automatic Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gmb Chomichuk\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Yellow Dog\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Yellow Dog\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Comics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels - Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2021 Manuela Dias Book Illustration Award!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Automatic Age is the story of a father and son navigating an automated apocalypse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe future was supposed to be a mechanical utopia of automats, self-driving cars, food pills, and nostalgia machines, designed to create maximum comfort and efficiency for its human inhabitants. But this automated paradise has turned into a world where robot search teams find and remove the troublesome humans that clutter it with grim efficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow Kerion and his young son, Barry, are two of the few people left behind. They must find a way not only to survive, but to reclaim their humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Chomichuk has developed a fascinating, complex setting . . . And he uses it to explore timely themes of automation, scarcity economics, and robot ethics, while also showcasing his formidable imagination.\" -\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Quill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Though the action-filled plot with its short chapters will easily hold readers' attention, it is Chomichuk's worldbuilding that will really grab readers.\" - \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCM Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yellow Dog","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45086770331799,"sku":"9781773370408","price":546.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781773370408.webp?v=1767639502","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-automatic-age-9781773370408","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}