Public Access Afterworld, (Audiobook)

<b> A mysterious realm on the other side of our screens. A dark force that draws victims into its static. The unlikely hero called to save them and herself from this electric hell. <i>Public Access Afterworld</i> is the profound, binge-all-night, headrush of a novel by the celebrated filmmaker of <i>I Saw the TV Glow</i> and <i>Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma</i> </b><p><b>"Beautiful, funny, and scathing ... I stayed up all night binge-reading."--SenLinYu<br>"Gave me a vertiginous thrill I haven't encountered since David Mitchell."--Torrey Peters<br>"Psychedelic horror of the first order."--Grady Hendrix<br>"Heart-wrenching, hilarious, visionary, and so damned smart, this novel is a major work by a major writer."--Paul Tremblay<br>"Utterly hypnotic."--Lev Grossman<br>"Dazzling and politically acute, Schoenbrun's debut announces a major literary voice."--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (starred review)<br>"A dazzling story ... a great American novel."--<i>Publishers Weekly </i>(starred review)<br>"One of the best novels of the year."--<i>Booklist</i> (starred review) <br>One of <i>Publishers Weekly'</i>s 10 Most Anticipated Books - One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year: <i>The New York Times Book Review Podcast, The Boston Globe, Lit Hub</i>, <i>The Chicago Review of Books, The Bookseller</i>, <i>Reactor, Book Riot, Crime Reads, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews</i>, and <i>Debutiful</i> </b> </p><p><b><i>Find the receiver. Make it real.</i></b> </p><p>At 5:35 p.m. on September 3, 1988, Dallas weatherman Ray "Can You Say Sunshine" Davino makes passing reference to Public Access Afterworld during a rambling monologue, right before he puts a gun to his head on live television and pulls the trigger. </p><p>On June 12, 2009, David Sawyer and Erin Morrison, two lonely, TV-obsessed suburban teens who might be falling in love, gather in Erin's basement to watch TV's analog-to-digital transition. But in the static that follows, Erin witnesses surreal broadcasts from a pirate TV network called Public Access Afterworld, and their lives are changed forever. </p><p>Seventeen years later, Bethany Peters toils through the night shift at megacorp GlobalVill's bleak Austin campus. A trans content moderator, she spends her evenings reviewing an endless stream of horrific videos. But then a young streamer begins to crop up in her feed calling out to Public Access Afterworld. </p><p>But what <i>is </i>Public Access Afterworld? </p><p>Spanning decades and realities, with an unforgettable ensemble of outcasts and nerds--especially the messy but wholly relatable Bethany, who must overcome paranoia and self-doubt to transform into a hero of our times--<i>Public Access Afterworld </i>will have you reading through the night and rooting for its characters to survive. A mesmerizing mash-up of speculative fiction, horror, and conspiracy, it marks the arrival of a major new force in contemporary fiction by a groundbreaking filmmaker who's been compared to David Lynch and Paul Thomas Anderson.</p>

• Public Access Afterworld, (Audiobook)
• Author: Jane Schoenbrun
• ISBN: 9798217534715
• Format: Audiobook
• Publication Date: 2026-11-10
• Page Count: 0