{"product_id":"dead-but-dreaming-of-electric-sheep","title":"Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Philip K. Dick would be honored to read Tremblay's novel, which, with its hypnotic prose, compels us to confront our existential horror even as it makes us laugh, excites us, moves us, and yes, makes us shudder a lot.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgustina Bazterrica, the international best-selling author of Tender Is the Flesh and The Unworthy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Paul Tremblay is on fire, this time with a furious work of science fiction that, chapter by chapter, melts your brain and scours your soul. As entertaining and pop-culture savvy as the novel can be, it's emotionally wrenching and truly scary--you'll never think of the phrase \u003ci\u003eproof of concept\u003c\/i\u003e the same way again. Get ready to root for Julia Flang and weep for our lost humanity.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEd Park, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Same Bed, Different Dreams and An Oral History of Atlantis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Innovative, terrifying, and deeply human. An electric and wild skewering of Silicon Valley's takeover of the human mind and body that could only be written by Paul Tremblay. \u003ci\u003eDead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep\u003c\/i\u003e will keep you up at night.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Rose Etter, author of Ripe and the Book of X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A distressed but uproarious war cry for the plight of humanity. . . .A master of his craft, Tremblay creates a new genre with every book he writes. This ingenious novel is refreshing, hilarious, teeming with warnings of real horrors to come, and ultimately entirely human. It will be the most stressfully entertaining journey of your year.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVirginia Feito, author of Victorian Psycho and Mrs. March\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Master of the macabre Paul Tremblay injects AI into the dead, which transfigures the panopticon state of Zamyatin's \u003ci\u003eWe\u003c\/i\u003e into a living hell for \"You\" in this sci-fi thriller, proving horror is just a point of view.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In an age of shredded attention spans and never-ending attempts to turn art into 'content, ' there's power in seeing an artist make a stand in defense of his principles (in fiction or in real life). . . .Readers...will find themselves entertained, enraged and satisfied.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is the best anti-Generative AI story horror has produced so far. . . .Tremblay has always been an innovator, but this beautifully written collection of real and imagined grotesqueries cements him not only as one of the most original and exciting voices in horror but also one of the smartest, most engaging authors in contemporary fiction.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Tremblay expertly delivers twists and turns in a world that seems all too timely.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Every aspect of the novel, no matter how initially incomprehensible, is a perfect thread woven into Tremblay's tale--even the title alludes to the central conflict. The dangers of emerging tech have never been so chilling and, simultaneously, so strangely delightful.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A provocative exercise in postmodern SF. . . .An entertaining tale. . . .smart and smart-alecky.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Tremblay throws down the gauntlet for AI horror. . . .This masterpiece of storytelling is injected with a squirming worm of fear that forces readers to take a critical look at AI's encroachment. A not-to-miss experience for fans of a wide range of chilling, humorous, existentially terrifying titles.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, starred review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Tremblay impresses with this trippy sci-fi thriller. . . .The narrative culminates with a chilling treatise on unchecked AI and corporate greed that deserves applause for its boldness. This is sure to satisfy the author's fans.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The most ambitious book of Paul Tremblay's career. . . .His daring, his boldness, and his ability to mine the unspeakable are on full display, and they work together to deliver one of the year's most unnerving genre books. Tremblay's at the peak of his powers with this one.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloody Disgusting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep\u003c\/i\u003e is an unsettling and surprisingly emotional, yet unsurprisingly smart exploration of technologies relationship to morality and dangers of pushing innovation too far. . . A thought-provoking story that turns the real-world horrors of AI into something terrifyingly unforgettable.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapes and Tights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A semi-professional Twitch streamer is hired to pilot a mostly-dead corpse from coast to coast in a grotesque display of proprietary technology--a plot reminiscent of nothing so much as\u003ci\u003e Weekend at Bernie's\u003c\/i\u003e, oft-mentioned by the novel's knowing protagonist, and a signature example of Paul Tremblay's wacky influences and deadly serious applications.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Genius and original, a brainy, referential, slightly hysterical novel that you will grapple with and likely never forget. . . .Serious in its concerns, furious in its outlook and chilling in its plausibility - yet still, it is not joyless. \u003ci\u003eDead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep\u003c\/i\u003e certainly does not lack heart or humor, and for all its commentary upon AI and automation, demonstrates implicitly too that the human voice and human art should probably stick around.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFanFiAddict\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There will be anger, there will be confusion, and there will be laughter. . . .I won't be forgetting the ending of \u003ci\u003eDead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep\u003c\/i\u003e in a hurry.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLocus Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Paul Tremblay is one of the most terrifying horror writers of his generation and his new chiller, \u003ci\u003eHorror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e, is a reason for excitement.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Horror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHorror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e is strange and unsettling in the best way possible. . . . Tremblay's unique voice and chameleonic style have made him one of the leading voices in speculative fiction, and this is one of his best novels so far.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR, on Horror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Macabrely funny and incredibly smart, \u003ci\u003eHorror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e cements Tremblay's place as a master of horror. It encapsulates the unease of right now -- a runaway culture of self-reference with bloody hands. It's everything a horror novel ought to be: lean, mean, and genuinely scary.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Langan, author of Good Neighbors and A Better World, on Horror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Tremblay is often (and rightfully) recognized as one of the great contemporary horror writers. . . . As I read \u003ci\u003eHorror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e, I found myself marveling at its high-wire act: The novel hopscotches deftly among three timelines, interspersed with scenes from the screenplay...It takes bravado and skill to layer overlapping narrative frames like this without sacrificing tension, but \u003ci\u003eHorror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e never once loses its momentum or its way. It's a smart book, smartly told, and should establish Tremblay as not just one of our great horror writers but one of our great fiction writers, full stop.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times, on Horror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A profound, heart-wrenching, terrifyingly honest novel that's also a cinematic page-turner. \u003ci\u003eHorror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e zooms in on creation and consumption, integrity and ego, admiration and obsession, and how the desperate search for connection through art can be beautiful, or disastrous. This book is a gift and a curse.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRachel Harrison, nationally bestselling author of Black Sheep, on Horror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Paul Tremblay is on fire. . . .As entertaining and pop-culture savvy as this novel can be, it's emotionally wrenching and truly scary.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Ed Park, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eSame Bed, Different Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn Oral History of Atlantis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip K. Dick meets the Coen Brothers in this genre-bending near-future tech nightmare that is as bitingly funny as it is horrifically believable from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHorror Movie.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet Julia Flang, a twenty-something former semi-professional gamer, living with her retired uncle, and working two jobs she doesn't like. Out of the blue, her estranged mother, a CFO for one of the world's largest tech companies, offers her a temp job with a payday Julia can't refuse. One sham interview later, she's offered the job: to chaperone a man in a vegetative state--one with proprietary AI implanted in his head--from California to the East Coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo sum up in Julia's own words: \"You want me to remote control this dead dude across the country.\" In a word, yes. But he's not \u003ci\u003edead\u003c\/i\u003e dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet a middle-aged man who wakes within a disorienting hellscape filled with monstrous grotesqueries. Worse than the fluid, morphing reality in which he's trapped, he has no memory of who he is. He certainly doesn't remember getting the rabbit tattoo on his arm. He only knows that he must find a certain person. Who? He can't remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing a cell phone modeled after a video game controller, Julia fumblingly navigates the man she calls \"Bernie\" from the company campus and onto planes and through one of the largest airports in America. All the while, the man endures an ever-changing and worsening nightmare that offers clues as to who he was--and who he must track down. And as their two lives intertwine, Julia and Bernie become unlikely allies and fugitives on a collision course with reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep\u003c\/i\u003e is a heady, horrific genre-bender from one of the most groundbreaking voices in fiction today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Creepy and unexpectedly humorous. . . .A master storyteller, Tremblay's b(l)ending of genres here truly is a perfect beach read.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/01\/2026 pg. 56 (EAN 9780063398467, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780063398467, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/04\/2026 (EAN 9780063398467, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2026 (EAN 9780063398467, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eTremblay, Paul\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Tremblay\u003c\/b\u003e is the multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of eight previous novels (\u003ci\u003eHorror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pallbearers Club\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSurvivor Song\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cabin at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDisappearance at Devil's Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo Sleep Till Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Little Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e); a middle-grade novel, \u003ci\u003eAnother\u003c\/i\u003e; and two short fiction collections (\u003ci\u003eThe Beast You Are \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGrowing Things\u003c\/i\u003e). 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