Bubblegum (novel)

Bubblegum is a 2020 science fiction novel by Adam Levin. The novel takes place in Illinois, though in a reality where "curios" — flesh-based robots — are common, and the internet does not exist.[1]

Bubblegum
First U.S. edition cover
AuthorAdam Levin
Audio read byMark Deakins, Michael Crouch and Julia Whelan
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
April 14, 2020
Media typePrint (hardcover), e-book, audiobook
Pages784
ISBN978-0-385-54496-2 (hardcover)
OCLC1083180693
813/.6
LC ClassPS3612.E92365 B83 2020

Writing and composition

Levin spent approximately a decade writing the novel.[2] Originally, Levin wrote a short story featuring the protagonist of Bubblegum, Belt Magnet, which he has referred to as "terrible".[3] The story was not published, and Levin later combined some of its elements with an instruction manual for the in-universe curios featured in Bubblegum, producing the earliest versions of the book.

References

  1. Davidson, Willing (24 February 2020). "Adam Levin on Kids and Cuteness". The New Yorker. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. Hallberg, Garth Risk (23 April 2020). "What if, Instead of the Internet, We Had Xenobots?". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. Grisar, PJ (14 April 2020). "Q&A: The 800-page book about cruelty that smells like bubblegum". Forward. Retrieved 8 May 2020.


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