{"product_id":"the-postmortal-isbn-9780143119821","title":"The Postmortal","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e•\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFinalist for the Philip K. Dick and Arthur C. Clarke Awards \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e•\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe gripping first novel by Drew Magary, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hike\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Night the Lights Went Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"An exciting page turner. . . . Drew Magary is an excellent writer. \u003ci\u003eThe Postmortal\u003c\/i\u003e is . . . even more terrifying than zombie apocalypse.\" — Mark Frauenfelder, \u003ci\u003eBoing Boing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Farrell is about to get \"The Cure.\" \u003cbr\u003eOld age can never kill him now. \u003cbr\u003eThe only problem is, everything else still can . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImagine a near future where a cure for aging is discovered and-after  much political and moral debate-made available to people worldwide.  Immortality, however, comes with its own unique problems-including evil  green people, government euthanasia programs, a disturbing new  religious cult, and other horrors. Witty, eerie, and full of humanity, \u003ci\u003eThe Postmortal\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable thriller that envisions a  pre-apocalyptic world so real that it is completely terrifying.“Unnerving. . . . An absorbing picture of dawning apocalypse. . . . A  disturbing portrait of a society convinced it’s close to utopia when a  cure for aging is invented. Unsurprisingly, it doesn’t take long for that  seeming utopia to dissolve into a planet-overstressed from  overpopulation, food and fuel shortages, and general lawlessness-going  into systemic failure. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Postmortal\u003c\/i\u003e is a suitably chilling  entry into the ‘it's-the-end-of-the-world’ canon.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Austin Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Magary’s vision of future technology and science is eerily realistic. .  . . By the time you finish, you’ll want to hold your loved ones close and  stockpile bottles of water. If all else fails, you could potentially make  a living selling them a few decades from now.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An exciting page turner. . . . Drew Magary is an excellent writer. This  is his first novel but he tells the story masterfully. . . . The most  frightening thing about \u003ci\u003eThe Postmortal\u003c\/i\u003e is that this could really  happen-it’s not a supernatural story, but it’s even more terrifying than  zombie apocalypse.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMark Frauenfelder, \u003ci\u003eBoingBoing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The first novel from a popular sports blogger and humorist puts a darkly  comic spin on a science fiction premise and hits the sweet spot between  Margaret Atwood and Kurt Vonnegut. . . . [Magary] understands that satire  is most effective when it gives the real world a gently absurd nudge,  then lets its characters react much as we ourselves might under the same  circumstances.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eRon Hogan, \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Immortality has figured in a number of sf novels prior to this one, but  never, to my experience, in this way. . . . A very clear-eyed picture,  one I don’t think has been drawn before. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Postmortal\u003c\/i\u003e surprised me in a good way.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMichelle West, \u003ci\u003eFantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Postmortal\u003c\/i\u003e is a punchy, fast-paced and endearing story. . . .  As the novel progresses, it turns from a snappy morality tale, to a noir-ish revenge fable, to an action movie; complete with guns, rogue  religious cults and government-sanctioned hit men. The narrative comes to  us through John’s blog entries and collections of news bytes and pundit  commentary. Through his sixty years as a 29-year-old, he experiences all  the love, pain, grief, and terror of a standard lifetime and is still in  good enough shape to kick some ass at the end. Like much good dystopian  fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Postmortal\u003c\/i\u003e is an at-times unflattering commentary on  human beings, present, past and future, that hits the mark in many ways.  . . . For anyone intrigued with Life Extension science, it's a fun  examination of our fears and expectations.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nervous Breakdown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A darkly comic, totally gonzo, and effectively frightening population-bomb dystopia in the spirit of \u003ci\u003eLogan’s Run, Soylent Green\u003c\/i\u003e, and  the best episodes of \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eNeal Pollack, author of \u003ci\u003eAlternadad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStretch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As insanely entertaining as it is ambitious, \u003ci\u003eThe Postmortal\u003c\/i\u003e takes us into an America set in the next few years and coming apart  under the onslaught of a dreadful new plague--that of human  immortality. Magary possesses an explosive imagination and let loose in  \u003ci\u003eThe Postmortal\u003c\/i\u003e, he creates an alternate history of the near  future that feels real and is probably inevitable. Read \u003ci\u003eThe  Postmorta\u003c\/i\u003el if you want to find out what happened to the human race  in our last violent and absurd few years in New York.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eEvan Wright, author of \u003ci\u003eGeneration Kill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I suppose you could wait for the inevitable \u003ci\u003ePostmortal\u003c\/i\u003e movie. But then you might miss Magary’s rendering, his word play, his singular sense of humor. A book that is, at once bracingly funny and—get this, Deadspin Nation—unmistakably poignant.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eL. Jon Wertheim, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eScorecasting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As someone who is totally freaked out by the thought of dying, \u003ci\u003eThe  Postmortal\u003c\/i\u003e really stood on top of me and peed on my face.  It’s  depiction of the future isn’t filled with crappy robots fighting Will  Smith. It’s filled with eerily realistic portrayals of what the future  could look like and does it all in an incredibly entertaining story.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eJustin Halpern, author of \u003ci\u003eSh*t My Dad Says\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDrew Magary is a correspondent for \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e and a columnist for \u003ci\u003eDeadspin\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Hike\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Postmortal\u003c\/i\u003e, and the memoir \u003ci\u003eSomeone Could Get Hurt\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eMaxim\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBon Appétit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post, the Awl, Gawker, Penthouse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and on Comedy Central, NPR, NBC, Yahoo!, ESPN, and more. He’s been featured on \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e and has been interviewed by the AV Club, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. He lives in Maryland with his wife and three kids, and is a \u003ci\u003eChopped\u003c\/i\u003e champion.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305468088549,"sku":"NP9780143119821","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143119821.jpg?v=1767741021","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-postmortal-isbn-9780143119821","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}