{"product_id":"sample-sale-renovations","title":"Sample Sale: Renovations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eBob Henderson despises the modern world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eTalking elevators. Automated cars. Smart phones that track every move, mood, and thought.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe day his office building grows security cameras in the halls, Bob realizes the modern world might despise him right back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eWhat happens when the network decides to search for itself?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn excerpt from \u003cem\u003eRenovations\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe office now had the most modern building maintenance unit available, one of the first to combine routine maintenance and wiring with computer and phone network monitoring. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eLight source defective? No problem, the building took care of it as soon as it happened. Need a room wired for an extra phone? Just have the building do it. Even better, this CBU was self-sensing for most things. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eNo one even had to ask.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eBob had grown up with self-reliant buildings like everyone else, but he’d never liked the idea. He imagined tiny mechanical fingers in the ceilings replacing the lights, stealthy robots doing the cleaning at night, most of the activity invisible. All of it coordinated by the central unit lurking in the subbasement. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eAny technology with that much control would eventually mess something up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spiral Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50363600371964,"sku":"Renovations Shopify","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/5469\/9772\/files\/Renovations-Generic.jpg?v=1698874383","url":"https:\/\/spiralpublishing.net\/products\/sample-sale-renovations","provider":"Spiral Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}