Numbercaste / Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

Author: Wijeratne, Yudhanjaya
Additional Titles: Number caste
Published: [United States] : [Yudhanjaya Wijeratne], [2018]
Copyright Date: ℗♭2018
Edition: First edition.
Physical Description: 296 pages ; 22 cm

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Described as "Black Mirror meets the Circle meets 1984" by fans, Numbercaste is an award-winning debut that looks out into an all-too-possible future - a future that's being built even as you read this. When Patrick Udo is offered a job at NumberCorp, he packs his bags and goes to the Valley. After all, the 2030s are a difficult time, and jobs are rare. Little does he know that he's joining one of the most ambitious undertakings of his time or any other. NumberCorp, crunching through vast amounts of social network data, is building a new society - one where everyone's social circles are examined, their activities quantified, and their importance distilled into the all-powerful Number. A society where the artist is as important as the billionaire. Where those with influence are rewarded, and those without, punished. As NumberCorp rises in power and in influence, the questions start coming in. What would you do to build the perfect state? And how far is too far?

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9781521795439 (pbk)
1521795436 (pbk)

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Arthur O. Lewis Utopia Collection.

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Rare Books copy: "First edition" stated; trade paperback.

Source of Acquisition

Rare Books copy: Gift of Lyman Tower Sargent; 2022.

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