"A smart exposé of the tech boom imbued with a touch of weird fantastical elements. "Timely and imaginative, it pulls off an impressive balancing act: both confronting the dark corruption of Silicon Valley Big Tech and finding hope within its corrosive structures." "Part love letter to San Francisco, part sci-fi thriller, Riedel provides a deep dive into early 2010s Silicon Valley culture." Audible Blog, The 24 Hottest Debuts of 2023 So Far "At its core, this workplace thriller with an eerie sci-fi twist illuminates the value of humanity in a digital world."
The novel has an alluring quality that keeps you turning pages." Riedel succeeds at capturing the intrapersonal dramas of a startup. "This novel is a series of mysteries, played out in a well-paced narrative filled with frenetic energy. Dark, funny, and highly inventive, Riedel’s debut is as addictive as the apps it criticizes." " Please Report Your Bug Here is a gripping literary thriller that forces us to confront our complicity in the technologies reshaping human connections, and it asks how far we will go to maintain those connections. With the stakes rising, and a new world at risk, Ethan must choose who-and what-he believes in.Īdventurous and hypertimely, Please Report Your Bug Here is an inventive millennial coming-of-age story, a dark exploration of the corruption now synonymous with Big Tech, and, above all, a testament to the power of human connection in our digital era. As Ethan embarks on a wild goose chase, moving from dingy startup think tanks to Silicon Valley’s dominant tech conglomerate, it becomes clear that there’s more to DateDate than meets the eye. Except for anyone to believe him, he’ll need evidence. When Ethan snaps back to DateDate HQ, he’s convinced a coding issue caused the blip. One minute, he’s in a windowless office, and the next, he’s in a field of endless grass, gasping for air. He overrides the system and clicks on the profile. Reeling from a breakup, Ethan decides to view his algorithmically matched soulmate on DateDate. Instead of making the world a better place, he reviews flagged photo queues, overworked and stressed out.
Yet his job at hot new dating app DateDate is a far cry from what he envisioned. But I have to.Ī college grad with the six-figure debt to prove it, Ethan Block views San Francisco as the place to be. Meaning legally, I shouldn't tell you this story. Introducing Josh Riedel's adrenaline-packed debut novel about a dating app employee who discovers a glitch that transports him to other worlds
“An unexpected, inventive, heartfelt riff on the workplace novel-startup realism with a multiverse twist.” -Anna Wiener, author of Uncanny Valley
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