The family experiment / John Marrs.
By: Marrs, John, (Freelance journalist).
Publisher: London : Macmillan, 2024Description: 400 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781035016976 (hbk.) :; 1035016974 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Thriller | Thriller | England | Crime & mystery fiction | Thriller / suspense fiction | Science fictionGenre/Form: Suspense fiction.Summary: The world's population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. And in the UK, breaking point has arrived. A growing number of people can no longer afford to start families let alone raise them. But for those desperate to experience parenthood, there is an alternative. For a monthly subscription fee, clients can create a virtual child from scratch who they can access via the metaverse and a VR headset. To launch this new initiative, the company behind Virtual Children has created a reality tv show. It will follow ten couples as they raise a Virtual Child from birth to the age of eighteen but in a condensed nine-month time period. The prize: the right to keep their virtual child or risk it all for the chance of a real baby.Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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The world's population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. And in the UK, breaking point has arrived. A growing number of people can no longer afford to start families let alone raise them. But for those desperate to experience parenthood, there is an alternative. For a monthly subscription fee, clients can create a virtual child from scratch who they can access via the metaverse and a VR headset. To launch this new initiative, the company behind Virtual Children has created a reality tv show. It will follow ten couples as they raise a Virtual Child from birth to the age of eighteen but in a condensed nine-month time period. The prize: the right to keep their virtual child or risk it all for the chance of a real baby.