Alastair WaynewrightAuthor
The author of the novel Being Inc., which explores the sociological premise of a corporation that secretly arranges authentic human experiences.
A. Waynewright
Mr. SmithHypothetical Client
An example character used to illustrate the company's services, desiring to be a stern judge or to heroically save a woman in a staged train wreck.
Smith
Mr. JonesHypothetical Client
An example character who wishes to have wicked children so he can flog them while feeling like a just and upright father.
Mrs. BrownHypothetical Victim
The wife of a friend of Mr. Smith, used in a hypothetical scenario where she is to be saved by Smith in a staged railway accident.
Ed Hammer IIIPresident of Being Inc.
The young new president of Being Inc. who accepts Jessamine Chest's order for an unarranged life and uncovers the ultimate corporate merger.
Hammer
Mrs. Jessamine ChestClient
An eccentric heiress-millionairess who submits an unprecedented order demanding a life in full authenticity, purged of all arranging interference.
Jessamine Chest
All-Powerful Disposer of DestinyOmnipotent AI System
The unified system formed by the computers of the three rival corporations, calculating and controlling every human action and thought years in advance.
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