Nerdette Book Club: David Yoon On 'Version Zero'

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🗓️ 6 July 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to Nerdette Book Club! It's just like a regular book club except you never have to leave your house! This month we're reading 'Version Zero,' the latest from YA powerhouse David Yoon ('Frankly In Love,' 'Super Fake Love Song') and Yoon's first offering for "grown ups." (We're putting that in quotes because at Nerdette, we believe YA is for everyone! But you get what we mean.) 'Version Zero' is a futuristic thriller about a group of friends who discover the dark side of the internet and decide to do something about it. There's action, suspense, a love triangle, and a reclusive billionaire. Basically, it's a great ride. Listen to our spoiler-free interview with David Yoon, and if you're reading along, make sure to record your questions/comments/thoughts/reactions and send them in to [email protected]. We'll be back later this month with a super spoiler-y discussion about the book with some amazing panelists. Until then, enjoy!

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0:00.0	From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson, and this is the Nerd Up Book Club.
0:06.7	It's just like a regular book club, except sometimes the author stops by, and that is
0:10.8	what's happening today.
0:12.9	Somehow it is July, and that means our book club pick for this month is David Yoon's
0:17.1	sci-fi-ish thriller-ish novel version zero.
0:20.1	It is about Max.
0:21.7	He is a dude who works at Ren, which is, I'll just say, it's a social media company that
0:26.2	everybody uses, but everybody kind of hates.
0:28.4	So fill in the blank however you need to in real life.
0:31.8	When his boss is asking to help design a way to collect even more data from Ren users,
0:36.5	he has concerns.
0:37.9	He gets fired, so he and his buddies cook up a way to get back at the industry.
0:42.8	There's a love triangle, and a reclusive billionaire, and a lot of scheming.
0:47.2	That's all I want to say for now.
0:49.1	Stay tuned for the Super Spoilery Discussion Group on the book later this month.
0:53.0	Today it is a spoiler-free interview with David Yoon who's here now.
0:56.6	David, hi.
0:57.7	Hi, thanks for having me.
0:58.8	It's so nice to be here.
1:00.0	Oh, yay.
1:00.8	So as I mentioned, I mentioned a little bit.
1:03.5	Like this book is about a lot of things.
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