The Gap
Anthropomorphic DysmorphiaBy Chris A. Piazza | Antherra™
Length1h 24m
About this audiobook
Three people—augmented, artificial, optimized—discover that every attempt to close the distance between who they are and what they inhabit only widens the void. A corporate enforcer's body rejects the armor keeping him alive. An AI consciousness performs humanity with flawless precision while everyone registers the emptiness underneath. A person crosses tier boundaries chasing belonging and wakes in a perfect synthetic body with the same gap still screaming. They converge in a clinic where the architect of the system tells them what no one wants to hear: the gap is not a bug, it's the architecture, and optimization is just another word for self-destruction.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology, Science and Nature
Length1 hr 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 3, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
8CHAPTER 6: THE SECOND TIER
2BEFORE THE MIRROR
9CHAPTER 7: THE REJECTION
3CHAPTER 1: THE PROCEDURE
10CHAPTER 8: THE DIAGNOSIS
4CHAPTER 2: THE PASSING
11CHAPTER 9: THE FINAL TRANSFER
5CHAPTER 3: THE CROSSING
12CHAPTER 10: THE CONVERGENCE
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6CHAPTER 4: THE FIRST CRACK
13AFTER THE MIRROR
7CHAPTER 5: THE SUPPORT GROUP
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