En cours de chargement...
We are a Meritocratic Technarchy.
We are the future of the human race.'
The world's nations have collapsed, and a handful of city states form the remains of civilization. Erstwhile Bangalore is now rebranded, ruled by the insidious Bell Corporation.
Welcome to Apex City. Here, technology is the key to survival, productivity is power, and the self must be engineered for the only noble goal in life: success.
With the right image, values and opinions, you can ascend to the ranks of the Virtual elite and have the new world at your feet.
The price of failure is deportation: you are marked an Analog, with no access to electricity, running water or your humanity.
Lavanya Lakshminarayan's extraordinary debut sinks its teeth into this dystopian future, offering a glimpse into a world we may be dangerously close to inheriting. Brilliant, searing and imaginative, the stories in Analog/Virtual will make us question our choices and rethink who we want to be.
