Alternate Reality Ain't What It Used to Be (Paperback)


Step into new worlds and read news dispatches from the Alternate Reality News Service, which regularly gets the scoop on The Associated Press, Reuters and the rest of the competition. In a series of articles written by the wire service's handpicked reporters, you'll read satirical reports that give glimpses into the relationship between humanity, technology and Robert Novak's eyebrows. Who would have ever thought that an intelligent undershirt could be the key witness in a murder trial? Or that a man could possibly be sued by his lover for not lying about himself online? Or that a computer chip could be implanted into the brains of criminals so that every time they thought about committing a heinous deed, they sang a show tune? If this is all news to you, then you must not be a subscriber. By changing that, you can read about all the above and more, including: How journalists can be retrieved from an alternate reality How you, too, can become an Alternate Reality News Service reporter The origin of the company And much more Just open the cover and start reading. It's time to accept that Alternate Reality Ain't What It Used to Be.

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Step into new worlds and read news dispatches from the Alternate Reality News Service, which regularly gets the scoop on The Associated Press, Reuters and the rest of the competition. In a series of articles written by the wire service's handpicked reporters, you'll read satirical reports that give glimpses into the relationship between humanity, technology and Robert Novak's eyebrows. Who would have ever thought that an intelligent undershirt could be the key witness in a murder trial? Or that a man could possibly be sued by his lover for not lying about himself online? Or that a computer chip could be implanted into the brains of criminals so that every time they thought about committing a heinous deed, they sang a show tune? If this is all news to you, then you must not be a subscriber. By changing that, you can read about all the above and more, including: How journalists can be retrieved from an alternate reality How you, too, can become an Alternate Reality News Service reporter The origin of the company And much more Just open the cover and start reading. It's time to accept that Alternate Reality Ain't What It Used to Be.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Iuniverse, Inc.

Country of origin

United States

Release date

October 2008

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

October 2008

Authors

Dimensions

229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

176

ISBN-13

978-0-595-52142-5

Barcode

9780595521425

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LSN

0-595-52142-8



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