{"product_id":"infomocracy-book-one-of-the-centenal-cycle","title":"Infomocracy: Book One of the Centenal Cycle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead \u003ci\u003eInfomocracy\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book in Campbell Award finalist Malka Older's groundbreaking cyberpunk political thriller series The Centenal Cycle, a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Series, and the novel \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e called \"Kinetic and gripping.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eA Locus Award Finalist for Best First Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eThe book \u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e called \"one of the greatest literary debuts in recent history\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e' \"Best Fiction of 2016\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2016\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eBook Riot's\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Books of 2016 So Far\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's been twenty years and two election cycles since Information, a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring nation-states to global micro-democracy. The corporate coalition party Heritage has won the last two elections. With another election on the horizon, the Supermajority is in tight contention, and everything's on the line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith power comes corruption. For Ken, this is his chance to do right by the idealistic Policy1st party and get a steady job in the big leagues. For Domaine, the election represents another staging ground in his ongoing struggle against the \u003ci\u003epax democratica\u003c\/i\u003e. For Mishima, a dangerous Information operative, the whole situation is a puzzle: how do you keep the wheels running on the biggest political experiment of all time, when so many have so much to gain?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInfomocracy\u003c\/i\u003e is Malka Older's debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE CENTENAL CYCLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 1: \u003ci\u003eInfomocracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 2: \u003ci\u003eNull States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 3: \u003ci\u003eState Tectonics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR INFOMOCRACY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fast-paced, post-cyberpunk political thriller... If you always wanted to put \u003ci\u003eThe West Wing\u003c\/i\u003e in a particle accelerator with \u003ci\u003eSnow Crash\u003c\/i\u003e to see what would happen, read this book.\" --Max Gladstone, author of \u003ci\u003eLast First Snow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Smart, ambitious, bursting with provocative extrapolations, \u003ci\u003eInfomocracy\u003c\/i\u003e is the big-data-big-ideas-techno-analytical-microdemoglobal-post-everything political thriller we've been waiting for.\" --Ken Liu, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Grace of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the mid-21st century, your biggest threat isn't Artificial Intelligence--it's other people. Yet the passionate, partisan, political and ultimately fallible men and women fighting for their beliefs are also \u003ci\u003eInfomocracy\u003c\/i\u003e's greatest hope. An inspiring book about what we frail humans could still achieve, if we learn to work together.\" --Karl Schroeder, author of \u003ci\u003eLockstep\u003c\/i\u003e and the Virga saga\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Malka Older","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46350346191084,"sku":"9780765392367","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780765392367.jpg?v=1744183965","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/infomocracy-book-one-of-the-centenal-cycle","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}