The Municipalists: A Novel Audiobook (Free)
- Robert Petkoff
- 7 h 1 min
- Penguin Audio
- 2019-03-19
Summary:
A book about an improbable pair of lonely outsiders–one human, one AI–on an adventure to save the fantastic American town of Metropolis written by ‘one of the very most exciting new voices in fiction’ (Charles Yu)
*Named one of the best books of the month by Library Journal (‘Debut from the Month’), The Verge, io9, Amazon Books, Book from the Month Membership, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, NYLON, and Tor.com*
In Metropolis, the gleaming city of tomorrow, the dream of the great American city continues to be achieved. But everything that about The Municipalists: A Novel is about to alter, unless a neurotic, rule-following bureaucrat and an irreverent, freewheeling artificial intelligence can save the city from a incomprehensible terrorist story that threatens its extremely existence.
Henry Thompson has dedicated his existence to bettering America’s infrastructure like a proud employee of america Municipal Survey. So when the agency comes under attack, he dutifully allows his unexpected objective to visit Metropolis looking for answers. But his programs to investigate quietly, quickly, and properly are interrupted by his brand-new partner: a day-drinking know-it-all called OWEN, who also turns out to be the projected embodiment from the agency’s supercomputer. Quickly, Henry and OWEN are fighting to save not merely their own lives and the ones of the city’s an incredible number of inhabitants, but also the spirit of Metropolis. The Municipalists is a thrilling, funny, and coming in contact with adventure story, a tour-de-force of creativity that trenchantly explores our romantic relationships to the metropolitan areas around us as well as the systems guiding us into the future.
‘A fresh and irreverent undertake both real-world politics and sci-fi background.’-The Wall Street Journal
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