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QualityLand by Marc-Uwe Kling

June 16, 2021 by Bothari43 5 Comments

A blurb on the back of the book compares this one to a Black Mirror episode, and I find I don’t have much more to say about it. That is very accurate, but it wouldn’t be one of those episodes the internet is on fire about the next day. In the (probably not-too-distant future), corporations have taken over the world, and the US has been renamed QualityLand. People are assigned levels, and the higher your level, the more perks you get (high level people can […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: artificial intelligence, consumerism, dangers of technology, humans are dumb, Marc-Uwe Kling, NEW KITTEN!, social media

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: artificial intelligence, consumerism, dangers of technology, humans are dumb, Marc-Uwe Kling, NEW KITTEN!, social media ·
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Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling

October 29, 2020 by blauracke Leave a Comment

In QualityLand, where big corporations use algorhythms to determine what inhabitants need or want at any given time, Peter Jobless receives an item that he does not want or need. He sets out to return it, but encounters some unexpected obstacles. At the same time, the politically progressive android John of Us is running against a right-wing demagogue for the presidency of QualityLand. This is a very funny satire describing a terrifying dystopic future that is not so far removed from our current reality as […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr12bingo, Marc-Uwe Kling, reader's choice

blauracke's CBR12 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr12bingo, Marc-Uwe Kling, reader's choice ·
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