{"product_id":"i-nausicaa-paperback","title":"I, Nausicaa - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Blair Osborn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of 2020, Nausicaa is the sole surviving Simulacra from a botched military operation in \u003cstrong\u003eSyria\u003c\/strong\u003e. A self-described \"designed being\" living on the streets of San Francisco, Nausicaa obtains several clues from Kiernan that might explain why the other Simulacra died suddenly from a ghastly disease four years earlier. Nausicaa suspects Kiernan's friend and former lover, Yūji, a Japanese \u003cstrong\u003epharmaceutical executive\u003c\/strong\u003e, was the mastermind behind a secret experiment that spared Nausicaa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast forward to 2038 - Simulacra are as common as microwave ovens -and again they are dying of a mysterious disease. Desperate to save them, Nausicaa tracks down Kiernan, who's living in a Sacramento retirement home, and they travel to Tokyo to find Yūji before the AUTOMind Corporation finds him and destroys the vaccine that saved Nausicaa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth technological thriller and road trip, I, Nausicaa is a multi-layered romp through \u003cstrong\u003etechnology\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eartificial intelligence\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the \u003cstrong\u003eJapanese tea ceremony\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story begins at the height of the \u003cstrong\u003eCOVID pandemic\u003c\/strong\u003e at the end of 2020. Nausicaa is recalling to a deceased lover, Phylla, how the world has changed since an outbreak four years earlier killed Phylla but not Nausicaa. Contrary to the first of \u003cstrong\u003eIsaac Asimov's\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Three Laws of Robotics,\" Nausicaa is capable of killing humans, and because of that, \u003cstrong\u003erobotics designer\u003c\/strong\u003e Yūji Morita spares Nausicaa's life with a vaccine injection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNausicaa learns that a friend, Kiernan McCreighton, a former \u003cstrong\u003edrug addict\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eharm reduction\u003c\/strong\u003e volunteer on the streets of San Francisco, knows Yūji from having taught English in Japan. Fast forward to the year 2038: a new generation of bootlegged, unlicensed Simulacra coexists with humans, and they're suddenly dying from the same disease that killed Phylla. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAUTOMind orders Nausicaa to find Kiernan, but Nausicaa discovers Kiernan knows about the vaccine and the disease that killed Phylla and joins forces with him to find Yūji and find the vaccine documentation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is in three parts: 2016, when the outbreak kills Phylla; 1991, when Yūji and Kiernan meet in Japan; and in 2038, when Nausicaa and Kiernan go to Tokyo to reach Yūji before he's killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43158201401407,"sku":"9781087962856","price":20.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/y5vGKpmH4b9781087962856.webp?v=1776987749","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/i-nausicaa-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}