{"product_id":"we-are-satellites-paperback","title":"We Are Satellites - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Taut and elegant, carefully introspected and thoughtfully explored.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Hugo award-winning author Sarah Pinsker comes a novel about one family and the technology that divides them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverybody's getting one.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Val and Julie just want what's best for their kids, David and Sophie. So when teenage son David comes home one day asking for a Pilot, a new brain implant to help with school, they reluctantly agree. This is the future, after all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Soon, Julie feels mounting pressure at work to get a Pilot to keep pace with her colleagues, leaving Val and Sophie part of the shrinking minority of people without the device. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before long, the implications are clear, for the family and society: get a Pilot or get left behind. With government subsidies and no downside, why would anyone refuse? And how do you stop a technology once it's everywhere? Those are the questions Sophie and her anti-Pilot movement rise up to answer, even if it puts them up against the Pilot's powerful manufacturer and pits Sophie against the people she loves most.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374008598751,"sku":"9781984802606","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/amwylVbsey9781984802606.webp?v=1789168317","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/we-are-satellites-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}