Aug 6, 2024 · Written in taut, urgent prose, Hum is a work of speculative fiction that unflinchingly explores marriage, motherhood, and selfhood in a world compromised by global warming and dizzying technological advancement, a world of both dystopian and utopian possibilities.

Aug 19, 2024 · Helen Phillips’s new novel takes place in a dystopian world where the environment has been devastated and humans have outsourced their best selves to tireless, empathetic robots.

Aug 6, 2024 · In a near-future world addled by climate change and inhabited by intelligent robots called “hums,” May loses her job to artificial intelligence. Desperate to resolve her family’s debt and secure their future for another few months, she becomes a guinea pig in an experiment that alters her face so it cannot be recognized by surveillance.

Aug 6, 2024 · In a near-future world addled by climate change and inhabited by intelligent robots called “hums,” May loses her job to artificial intelligence. Desperate to resolve her family’s debt and secure their future for another few months, she becomes a guinea pig in an experiment that alters her face so it cannot be recognized by surveillance.

In a near-future world addled by climate change and inhabited by intelligent robots called “hums,” May loses her job to artificial intelligence. Desperate to resolve her family’s debt and secure their future for another few months, she becomes a guinea pig in an experiment that alters her face so it cannot be recognized by surveillance.

Aug 2, 2024 · Imagine a city like New York, but where intelligent robots, known as hums, walk, talk and perform all kinds of jobs. Here, young children universally wear smart watches that track their...

Nov 7, 2024 · Gripping and unflinching, Hum is about our most cherished human relationships in a world compromised by climate change and dizzying technological revolution, a world with both dystopian and utopian possibilities.

Written in taut, urgent prose, Hum is a work of speculative fiction that unflinchingly explores marriage, motherhood, and selfhood in a world compromised by global warming and dizzying technological advancement, a world of both dystopian and utopian possibilities.

Apr 7, 2025 · It’s a haunting, minimalist exploration of motherhood, anxiety, and the ever-present hum of unease that pervades modern life. Told through fragmented diary entries, the novel delves into the mind of a woman grappling with the anxieties of parenting, a growing sense of alienation, and the unsettling feeling that something is deeply wrong.

Jan 22, 2025 · Hum by Helen Phillips is a riveting exploration of motherhood, marriage, and individuality in a near-future world dominated by AI, environmental collapse, and pervasive surveillance.