The Future Is Yours
Books | Fiction / Thrillers / Technological
3.9
Dan Frey
Two best friends create a computer that can predict the future. But what they can’t predict is how it will tear their friendship—and society—apart.“A fantastic page-turner and a future classic.”—Peter Clines, New York Times bestselling author of Paradox BoundIN DEVELOPMENT AS AN HBO MAX ORIGINAL SERIESIf you had the chance to look one year into the future, would you? For Ben Boyce and Adhi Chaudry, the answer is unequivocally yes. And they’re betting everything that you’ll say yes, too. Welcome to The Future: a computer that connects to the internet one year from now, so you can see who you’ll be dating, where you’ll be working, even whether or not you’ll be alive in the year to come. By forming a startup to deliver this revolutionary technology to the world, Ben and Adhi have made their wildest, most impossible dream a reality. Once Silicon Valley outsiders, they’re now its hottest commodity. The device can predict everything perfectly—from stock market spikes and sports scores to political scandals and corporate takeovers—allowing them to chase down success and fame while staying one step ahead of the competition. But the future their device foretells is not the bright one they imagined.Ambition. Greed. Jealousy. And, perhaps, an apocalypse. The question is . . . can they stop it?Told through emails, texts, transcripts, and blog posts, this bleeding-edge tech thriller chronicles the costs of innovation and asks how far you’d go to protect the ones you love—even from themselves.
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Author
Dan Frey
Pages
352
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Published Date
2021-02-09
ISBN
0593158229 9780593158227
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"One of the best books I’ve ever read!"
Jane Cantwell
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Amanda De Jong
"The Future Is Yours finds our main characters Adhi and Ben meeting as college roommates and follows them as they create a Silicon Valley tech startup known as The Future. This is a device that will let anyone who has possession of it to connect to the internet one year in the future and see what's happening and the ramifications of such a piece of technology. <br/><br/>They created the device as something to make the world a better place. What happens instead once they start creating buzz about it and getting hundreds of millions in investment money and press is much different. <br/><br/>The writing style for this is epistolary, told through texts, emails, transcripts, articles, and blog posts. I found it to be a very effective way to tell this story and get to know the main characters better and how the tech changes them. The social commentary used in the sci fi oriented blog posts gets the underlying message across effectively and also indicts Silicon Valley for its lack of diversity. The tech explanations are thorough, though over my head, but it was still very interesting to see how it works. If you like sci fi or science and tech, I think you'll enjoy this read!<br/><br/>My appreciation to Random House Publishing Group-Ballantine, Del Rey, author Dan Frey, and NetGalley for gifting me a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review."
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