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Version Control

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

By Dexter Palmer

By Dexter Palmer

By Dexter Palmer

By Dexter Palmer

By Dexter Palmer
Read by January LaVoy

By Dexter Palmer
Read by January LaVoy

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Paperback $22.00

Jan 10, 2017 | ISBN 9780307950352

Ebook $8.99

Feb 23, 2016 | ISBN 9780307907608

Audiobook Download $25.00

Feb 23, 2016 | 1132 Minutes

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    About Version Control

    Although Rebecca Wright has pieced her life back together after a major tragedy, she can’t shake a sense that the world around her feels off-kilter. Meanwhile, her husband’s dedication to his invention, “the causality violation device” (which he would greatly prefer you not call a time machine) has effectively stalled his career—but he may be closer to success than either of them can possibly imagine. Emotionally powerful and wickedly intelligent, Version Control is a stunningly prescient novel about the effects of science and technology on our lives, our friendships, and our sense of self that will alter the way you see the future—and the present.

    About Version Control

    An NPR, GQ, and Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year
    One of The Washington Post’s best science fiction and fantasy books of the year

    The acclaimed author of The Dream of Perpetual Motion returns with a compelling novel about the effects of science and technology on our friendships, our love lives, and our sense of self. 

    Rebecca Wright has reclaimed her life, finding her way out of her grief and depression following a personal tragedy years ago. She spends her days working in customer support for the internet dating site where she first met her husband. But she has a strange, persistent sense that everything around her is somewhat off-kilter: she constantly feels as if she has walked into a room and forgotten what she intended to do there; on TV, the President seems to be the wrong person in the wrong place; her dreams are full of disquiet. Meanwhile, her husband’s decade-long dedication to his invention, the causality violation device (which he would greatly prefer you not call a “time machine”) has effectively stalled his career and made him a laughingstock in the physics community. But he may be closer to success than either of them knows or can possibly imagine.

    Version Control     is about a possible near future, but it’s also about the way we live now. It’s about smart phones and self-driving cars and what we believe about the people we meet on the Internet. It’s about a couple, Rebecca and Philip, who have experienced a tragedy, and about how they help—and fail to help—each other through it. Emotionally powerful and stunningly visionary, Version Control will alter the way you see your future and your present.

    About Version Control

    An NPR, GQ, and Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year
    One of The Washington Post’s best science fiction and fantasy books of the year

    The acclaimed author of The Dream of Perpetual Motion returns with a compelling novel about the effects of science and technology on our friendships, our love lives, and our sense of self. 

    Rebecca Wright has reclaimed her life, finding her way out of her grief and depression following a personal tragedy years ago. She spends her days working in customer support for the internet dating site where she first met her husband. But she has a strange, persistent sense that everything around her is somewhat off-kilter: she constantly feels as if she has walked into a room and forgotten what she intended to do there; on TV, the President seems to be the wrong person in the wrong place; her dreams are full of disquiet. Meanwhile, her husband’s decade-long dedication to his invention, the causality violation device (which he would greatly prefer you not call a “time machine”) has effectively stalled his career and made him a laughingstock in the physics community. But he may be closer to success than either of them knows or can possibly imagine.

    Version Control     is about a possible near future, but it’s also about the way we live now. It’s about smart phones and self-driving cars and what we believe about the people we meet on the Internet. It’s about a couple, Rebecca and Philip, who have experienced a tragedy, and about how they help—and fail to help—each other through it. Emotionally powerful and stunningly visionary, Version Control will alter the way you see your future and your present.

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    About Dexter Palmer

    DEXTER PALMER is the author of two previous novels: Version Control, which was selected as one of the best novels of 2016 by GQ, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other publications, and The Dream of Per­petual Motion, which was selected as one of the best fiction debuts of 2010… More about Dexter Palmer

    About Dexter Palmer

    DEXTER PALMER is the author of two previous novels: Version Control, which was selected as one of the best novels of 2016 by GQ, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other publications, and The Dream of Per­petual Motion, which was selected as one of the best fiction debuts of 2010… More about Dexter Palmer

    About Dexter Palmer

    DEXTER PALMER is the author of two previous novels: Version Control, which was selected as one of the best novels of 2016 by GQ, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other publications, and The Dream of Per­petual Motion, which was selected as one of the best fiction debuts of 2010… More about Dexter Palmer

    Product Details

    Category: Science Fiction

    Paperback | $22.00
    Published by Vintage
    Jan 10, 2017 | 512 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307950352

    Category: Science Fiction

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Vintage
    Feb 23, 2016 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9780307907608

    Category: Science Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $25.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Feb 23, 2016 | 1132 Minutes | ISBN 9780399569463

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    Praise

    An NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, GQ, Vox, and Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year
    One of The Washington Post’s best science fiction and fantasy books of the year

    “Exhilarating. . . . A thoughtful, powerful overhaul of the age-old time travel tale.” —NPR

    “With time travel as a fascinating backdrop, Palmer delicately examines the layers of stories we create when trying to differentiate ‘the information from the truth.’” —The Washington Post

    “One of 2016’s best science fiction novels. . . . Version Control should be on the reading list of every fan of smart sci-fi.” —GQ

    “Engrossing and strange. . . . A knowing, frequently funny and often very sad novel that explores love, marriage and loss in the age of social media.” —San Francisco Chronicle
     
    “Brilliant and richly satisfying: a novel that is utterly true to the complicated and science fictional world we live in today.” —Buzzfeed

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