{"product_id":"the-universe-vs-alan-paperback-signed-by-the-author-copy","title":"The Universe vs Sid hardback — signed by the author","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA signed hardback edition of The Universe vs Sid: Vacuum Warranty Status: Stabilised.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook Two in The Administrative Handbook for Reality series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSid understands machines. If something stops working, he finds the fault, reaches for the correct tool, and fixes it before anyone can form a committee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, the universe has started behaving like a committee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTime is hesitating. Vehicles are withdrawing consent. Breakfast ingredients are becoming unavailable in suspiciously precise combinations. When Sid, Alan and Mel discover that Bob207 has disappeared into Chapter Twenty-Two, they set out to retrieve him from a system designed to retain everything it cannot explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside, ancient machinery continues working because nobody has successfully authorised it to stop. Quantum computers are frightened of large numbers. Unapproved repairs are recorded as procedural deviations. Even a toaster can be reassigned if it remains useful for long enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinding Bob should be straightforward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, Bob is no longer addressable, the system has begun counting, and every correct decision makes the situation considerably worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA British absurdist science-fiction comedy about bureaucracy, friendship, broken machinery, and the danger of becoming useful to a system that has finally noticed you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten and signed by Peter Agambar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUK orders are dispatched directly by Gobblesplot Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gobblesplot Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56262308102484,"sku":"UVS2-HB-SIGNED","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/2490\/5812\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_3fe9d1a7-9487-4ba8-aac1-26b6310a55b3.png?v=1782589616","url":"https:\/\/gobblesplot.store\/products\/the-universe-vs-alan-paperback-signed-by-the-author-copy","provider":"Gobblesplot Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}