His entry begins:Plum Rains by Andromeda Romano-LaxAbout Side Life, from the publisher:
In literature, androids are often used to illuminate vectors of social oppression and unjust habits of judgment. Plum Rains reflects on those themes, but its near future story-line also uses the distinction between life and pseudo-life to explore identity and memory and the ways that time can fortify a refuge until it serves as a cell. Full of interesting ideas and closely researched settings, the book connects to larger social dynamics while delivering a lovely, immersive story with...[read on]
Vin, a down-on-his-luck young tech entrepreneur forced out of the software company he started, takes a job house-Visit Steve Toutonghi's website.sitting an ultra-modern Seattle mansion whose owner has gone missing. There he discovers a secret basement lab with an array of computers and three large, smooth caskets. Inside one he finds a woman in a state of suspended animation. There is also a dog-eared notebook filled with circuit diagrams, beautiful and intricate drawings of body parts, and pages of code.
When Vin decides to climb into one of the caskets to see what happens, his reality begins to unravel, and he finds himself on a terrifying journey that asks fundamental questions about reality, free will, and the meaning of a human life.
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