{"product_id":"9781068765735","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Emissaries Guide to Worlding by Ian Cheng","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 08\/09\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is a World? And how does one bring it to life?Emissaries Guide to Worlding is both a behind-the-scenes chronicle and a philosophical companion to one of the most ambitious experiments in simulation art of the 21st century.   This richly illustrated, full-colour hardback brings readers into the conceptual and technical process of creating Emissaries (2015 - 2017) - a trilogy of simulations about cognitive evolution and ecological emergence. As Cheng built his agentic beings, he also began a theory of Worlding: the unnatural art of designing systems that grow, change, and take on a life of their own.   Now returning in a revised collector's edition with a new preface and updated materials, this is the foundational artifact of Cheng's thinking on Worlding-where theory and practice emerge side by side. Released alongside WORLDING: A Guide for Creators in Changing Times, its distilled and expanded successor, this edition offers the origin: a record of Worlding as lived process. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368638099829,"sku":"9781068765735","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781068765735.jpg?v=1763550247","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781068765735","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}