Novel Explores Human Connection Through Corpse-Matching Dating App
Author Sarah Pierce uses speculative fiction about a dating app for dead bodies to examine themes of loneliness and human relationships.
Author Sarah Pierce has written a novel that uses a speculative concept—a dating app for dead bodies—as a framework to examine themes of human connection and loneliness, according to a Scientific American podcast episode.
The work draws connections between dating app culture and fundamental human needs for relationship and belonging, using the unusual premise of a corpse-matching algorithm as its central narrative device.
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- What a novel about a dating app for dead bodies reveals about human connection — Scientific American
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