The family experiment
Marrs, John (Freelance journalist)2025
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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.
Main title:
The family experiment / John Marrs.
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Imprint:
London : Pan Books, 2025.
Collation:
453 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2024.
ISBN:
9781529071238 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FFICTION
Language:
English
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BRN:
3923719