{"product_id":"rosebud","title":"Rosebud","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An elegant, elegiac examination of identity, fictionality, God and humanity itself\"--Tamsyn Muir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA multilayered, locked-room science fiction novella from Paul Cornell in which five digital beings unravel their existences to discover the truth of their humanity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The crew of the Rosebud are, currently, and by force of law, a balloon, a goth with a swagger stick, some sort of science aristocrat possibly, a ball of hands, and a swarm of insects.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen five sentient digital beings--condemned for over three hundred years to crew the small survey ship by the all-powerful Company--encounter a mysterious black sphere, their course of action is clear: obtain the object, inform the Company, earn lots of praise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the ship malfunctions, and the crew has no choice but to approach the sphere and survey it themselves. They have no idea that this object--and the transcendent truth hidden within--will change the fate of all existence, the Company, and themselves.","brand":"Tordotcom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50213454184805,"sku":"9781250765390","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/0538\/5573\/files\/imageloader_cbf23ceb-9428-4a83-8866-e3f35ed7404d.jpg?v=1775230194","url":"https:\/\/paralleluniversebooks.com\/products\/rosebud","provider":"Parallel Universe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}