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{"id":7289778831419,"title":"We Are Dreams in the Eternal Machine","handle":"we-are-dreams-in-the-eternal-machine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA haunting novel exploring AI and the meaning of human existence from the award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eCures for Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eInto the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharged initially with a single task—“to never harm humans and to protect them”—the machine, an experimental AI, overrides its programming and determines that the best way to accomplish its purpose is to isolate all of the Earth’s remaining seven billion humans in controlled environments. And to present them with vivid, tactile, imagined worlds—some realistic, others entirely fantastical—in which all desires are fulfilled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the help of the machine, a group of compelling characters unpacks traumatic memories of the past—one rife with violence after a military coup and second civil war in America. As these characters collide and their memories coalesce, this daring speculative novel tackles the most pressing issues of our time—from artificial intelligence and the genetic modification of humans to gender roles, discrimination, free speech, and class divisions. Gorgeously written, bold, and unforgettable, this is speculative fiction at its finest.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-07-03T12:18:08-04:00","created_at":"2024-07-03T12:09:32-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Coming Soon","By (author) Béchard Deni","Literary Fiction","pub date: 2025-01-28","Spiderline","Technology \u0026 Politics","Thrillers \u0026 Mystery"],"price":1999,"price_min":1999,"price_max":2599,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41758469193787,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487013356","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"We Are Dreams in the Eternal Machine - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2599,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487013356","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41758469226555,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487013363","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"We Are Dreams in the Eternal Machine - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1999,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487013363","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1b2b4c21-629c-4cc7-986a-8a7cd7ae219b.jpg?v=1733576198"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1b2b4c21-629c-4cc7-986a-8a7cd7ae219b.jpg?v=1733576198","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24948666925115,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1b2b4c21-629c-4cc7-986a-8a7cd7ae219b.jpg?v=1733576198"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1b2b4c21-629c-4cc7-986a-8a7cd7ae219b.jpg?v=1733576198","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA haunting novel exploring AI and the meaning of human existence from the award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eCures for Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eInto the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharged initially with a single task—“to never harm humans and to protect them”—the machine, an experimental AI, overrides its programming and determines that the best way to accomplish its purpose is to isolate all of the Earth’s remaining seven billion humans in controlled environments. And to present them with vivid, tactile, imagined worlds—some realistic, others entirely fantastical—in which all desires are fulfilled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the help of the machine, a group of compelling characters unpacks traumatic memories of the past—one rife with violence after a military coup and second civil war in America. As these characters collide and their memories coalesce, this daring speculative novel tackles the most pressing issues of our time—from artificial intelligence and the genetic modification of humans to gender roles, discrimination, free speech, and class divisions. Gorgeously written, bold, and unforgettable, this is speculative fiction at its finest.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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We Are Dreams in the Eternal Machine
A haunting novel exploring AI and the meaning of human existence from the award-winning author of Cures for Hunger and Into the Sun.
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Chrystia
The intriguing, in-depth story of the most powerful woman in Canadian politics.
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The Riveter
For readers of The English Patient and All the Light We Cannot See comes a cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe in WWII.
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The Immortal Woman
By turns wry and lyrical, The Immortal Woman reveals an insider’s view of the fractured lives of Chinese immigrants and those they leave behind.
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WAINWRIGHT\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of six novels, five books of poetry, two critical biographies, and an opera libretto. He is McCulloch Emeritus Professor in English at Dalhousie University where he taught for thirty years, including a class on the lyrics and music of Bob Dylan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Edited by","Contributor_0":"Goddard, Peter (CA)","Contributor_1":"Wainwright, J.A.","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe final word from one of popular music's greatest critics.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 2020, acclaimed music critic and journalist Peter Goddard began work on a new book that would take readers on a journey back through his fifty-plus years spent writing professionally about rock music and the musical styles circling it—everything from blues and jazz to country and classical. His plan was to revisit his old haunts and their habitués, scenes and figures he first wrote about starting in the mid-1960s when he became Canada’s first on-staff popular music critic, to show how ongoing revisions continually reframe first impressions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTragically, Goddard died in 2022 before work on the manuscript was complete. But many of the core essays—on Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, the Who, k.d. lang, David Bowie, Liza Minelli, The Band, Neil Diamond, and others—are here. Accompanying these new essays is a collection of some of the best writing of Goddard’s career—ranging from interviews with B. B. King, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, and Janis Joplin to reviews of classic albums by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Neil Young, to close readings of Leonard Cohen, Anne Murray, Led Zeppelin, and Gordon Lightfoot. 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Essential reading for those who want to understand not just where today’s music came from, but the long, hard-earned shadow of the Sixties Generation.” —J\u003cstrong\u003eonny Dovercourt, author of \u003cem\u003eAny Night of the Week: A D.I.Y. History of Toronto Music, 1957–2001\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eGoddard was an award-winning music and culture journalist, active from the mid-1960s until his death in 2022. In 1967, he joined the now defunct \u003cem\u003eToronto Telegram\u003c\/em\u003e, becoming Canada’s first on-staff popular music and culture critic. Later, he worked in-house at the \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail \u003c\/em\u003eand the \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e, and freelance for many other outlets.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn addition to his regular newspaper and magazine work, Peter published over 20 books about artists ranging from Frank Sinatra, the Rolling Stones, Duran Duran, and Michael Jackson, to the Police, David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper, and Bruce Springsteen. In 2017, his biography of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, \u003cem\u003eThe Great Gould\u003c\/em\u003e, was published to critical acclaim and commercial success.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e\"This diverting collection of concert reviews, essays, and other writings ... shines with surprisingly intimate portraits of some of music’s most famous personalities ... It adds up to an illuminating record of rock’s coming-of-age.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe final word from one of popular music's greatest critics.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2025-03-11","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe final word from one of popular music's greatest critics.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Subtitle":"A Rock 'N' Roll Journey","Width":"6","WidthCode":"in"}
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The Seated Woman
With flexibility and invisible acrobatics, The Seated Woman presents, as in the theatre, a competitive dialogue between a woman and her poems.
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Shadow Price is a stunning debut that examines the idea of value in a world that burns under our capitalist lens.
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{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487010720","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487011826","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781487012250","BASICMainSubject":"POE011000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"POETRY \/ Canadian","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTERESE MASON PIERRE\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eROOM\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBrick\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUncanny\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFantasy Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. Her work has been a finalist for the bpNichol Chapbook Award, Best of the Net, the Ignyte Award, and the Aurora Award. She is a winner of the Writers’ Trust Journey Prize, and was named a Writers’ Trust Rising Star in 2023. 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She is a winner of the Writers’ Trust Journey Prize, and was named a Writers’ Trust Rising Star in 2023. She is the author of the chapbooks \u003cem\u003eSurface Area\u003c\/em\u003e (Anstruther Press, 2019), and \u003cem\u003eManifest\u003c\/em\u003e (Gap Riot Press, 2020). Terese lives and works in Toronto, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Mason Pierre, Terese (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMyth\u003c\/em\u003e, the much-anticipated debut collection from the multi-talented Terese Mason Pierre, weaves between worlds (‘real’ and ‘imaginary’) unearthing the unsettling: our jaded and joyful relationships to land, ancestry, trauma, self, and future. In three movements and two interludes, the poems in \u003cem\u003eMyth\u003c\/em\u003e move symphonically from tropical islands to barren cities, from lucid dreams to the mysteries of reality, from the sea to the cosmos. A dynamic mix of speculative poetry and ecstatic lyricism, the otherworldly and the sublime, Pierre’s poems never stray too long or too far from the spell of unspoiled nature: “The palm trees nod \/ at the ocean \/ the ocean does \/ what it always does \/ trusts the moon completely.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFriends ‘with benefits’ tour the wonders of Grenada’s landscapes; extraterrestrials visit the Caribbean and the locals don’t seem phased; red birds “saunter airily like tourists,” La Diablesse lures helpless suitors to their dooms. This collection asks: How can myths manifest themselves in our daily lives? What do we actually mean when we say we love ourselves and others? 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Myth
The much-anticipated debut collection from the multi-talented Terese Mason Pierre.
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Wellwater
The poems in Karen Solie’s sixth collection explore the intersection of cultural, economic, and personal ideas of value.
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The Creation of Half-Broken People
Stupendous African Gothic, by the winner of Yale University’s Windham–Campbell Prize
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Everything Is Fine Here
A tender coming of age novel set in Uganda in which a young woman grapples with the truth about her sister in a country that punishes gay people.
