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The Electric State

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A westward journey through a fractured America

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A westward journey through a fractured America

Set in late 1997, the story pairs a runaway teenager with a small yellow toy robot on a journey west across a changed American landscape. Battle-drone ruins and the waste of a society absorbed in virtual reality give the illustrated science-fiction narrative its post-apocalyptic frame. As the travelers near the continent’s edge, the world beyond their car window grows increasingly unstable, bringing the journey into focus alongside questions about technology, consumer culture, and the condition of civilization.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in illustrated science fiction with a post-apocalyptic setting.
  • Readers drawn to journeys across altered landscapes and stories about technology and consumer culture.

Themes

Post-apocalyptic AmericaVirtual reality and technologyConsumerismCivilization in decline

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Book overview

The inspiration for Netflix blockbuster starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt.

A teen girl and her robot embark on a cross-country mission in this illustrated science fiction story, perfect for fans of Fallout and Black Mirror.

In late 1997, a runaway teenager and her small yellow toy robot travel west through a strange American landscape where the ruins of gigantic battle drones litter the countryside, along with the discarded trash of a high-tech consumerist society addicted to a virtual-reality system. As they approach the edge of the continent, the world outside the car window seems to unravel at an ever faster pace, as if somewhere beyond the horizon, the hollow core of civilization has finally caved in.
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