Head Games: The Novel

by Glen Binger

The Cloud runs everything… but who runs The Cloud? In Binger’s new-novel tale, we experience the fractal checkpoints of James Haddon and his wife, Nicole, who are about to find an answer to the question they never asked in the first place. Real estate and retrospect 1UP the young couple as they travel cross country for an old friend’s destination wedding. Sitting beachside, they stumble upon some of Big Tech’s darkest and most disturbing secrets and soon realize it has not gone unnoticed. OmniCloud looms above them and their has-been crew of beach buds from start to finish in this vaporwave thriller. Can their marriage withstand the stress of being exposed? Everything matters in this multi-layered transhumanist rabbit hole. The truth is you can’t escape the game, so you might as well play. This is a book that breaks rules. Binger has blurred traditional literary lines yet again and he only wants to know one what’s your high score ?

329 pages, Paperback

Published August 27, 2021

About the author

Glen Binger is an author, teacher, and coach from by-the-beach, New Jersey. He's also the founder and host of BETTERISM.

Reviews

[James Birch · Rating 5 out of 5]

I survived Omnicloud... for now.

This book is dripping with relevance to the techno Earth we are sliding towards, where the physical and the verse blend and ultimately become indistinguishable.

Did he predict Meta, or did he already know?

Binger is a few steps ahead and, having entered the game, I now understand why. Read at your own risk! The Game is everywhere.

In sum, this is an engrossing look at the terrifying invasion of big tech into our everyday lives. What could be more timely? Seriously, did this dude predict the metaverse?

Read this book! But make sure your phone and computer are off before doing so. The ish is real my friends.

p.s. Congrats to James and Ana Kendrick. :P

[Josh Dale · Rating 4 out of 5]

This novel is ambitious on unpacking and crafting an alternative world of invasive AI into the confines of our mundane, contemporary lives. A narrator for the people, the sections are sprinkled with comedy and fourth-wall breaking. Periods within feel like slogging through a mental fog, or rushing us through the hallways of the plot, but, like technology, can addle or antagonize our mental states. May be worth checking out companion texts. A multi-seating, page-turning story.

[Cecilia · Rating 1 out of 5]

“you could write a book on how to ruin someone’s day” - tell me why (by taylor swift aka t swizzle she slays every day)
the book has an aesthetic cover🫶🏼 sci-fi manga mange vibes 🫶🏼🫶🏼