{"product_id":"an-ideal-for-living-20th-anniversary-edition-paperback","title":"An Ideal for Living (20th Anniversary Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEugene Thacker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSchism Press brings you the 20th Anniversary Edition of Eugene Thacker's \"anti-novel\" \u003ci\u003eAn Ideal for Living\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an unnamed city in the not-so-distant future, individuals spend their time in isolation, enclosed in high-tech \"pods,\" arrayed in symbiotic megastructures, connected to vast networks of neurological and biochemical data. \u003ci\u003eAn Ideal for Living\u003c\/i\u003e is a glimpse into this world, presented not as a story but as a documentary-style \"dossier\" of data streams, research articles, and automated activity logs. Originally published in 2000, \u003ci\u003eAn Ideal for Living\u003c\/i\u003e evokes a dark poetics of bodies and technologies; at once a look back to cyberpunk science fiction and a look forward to the \"new weird.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As today's strategies of conceptual writing have become legitimized and clich d, Thacker's text reminds us of how radical and potent these gestures once were, treading a fine line between the mechanical and the authorial. This is an important book...these pages take cues from Burroughs and Gibson, while at the same time presciently pointing to the web-based path writing would take over the next decade. It's a joy to see this back in print.\"-- \u003cb\u003eKenneth Goldsmith\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eSoliloquy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDay\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUncreative Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, founder of Ubuweb \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51787186536736,"sku":"9798682903832","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/28d93b4001081563666b0f795c376064.webp?v=1780646220","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/an-ideal-for-living-20th-anniversary-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}