The Cube
by Bijan Moini
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The near future. Germany is run by a perfect algorithm: the ›cube‹ enables people to lead carefree lives, pays a basic income to all, and stops crime before it happens. To do so, it collects even the most intimate data. Predictability has become society’s greatest asset. One of the few rebels against the system is 28-year-old Taso. He goes to a great deal of effort to evade the total data capture, deceiving the cube about his preferences and thoughts by making all his decisions by throwing dice or tossing a coin. He is a ›trickster‹ – lonely but not unhappy. But then a young woman comes to visit him. Dalia has run away from an anti-progressive sect and wants nothing more than a life in the perfect world of the cube. Taso falls in love with her just as the resistance is about to recruit him. He suddenly faces an impossible choice: Should he betray his ideals – or an ideal world?
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- Publisher Atrium Verlag
- Orginal LanguageGerman
- ISBN/Identifier 9783855350599
- Pages406
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleDer Würfel
- Copyright Year2019
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