339 sivua ; 25 cm, 352 pages
English language
Published May 16, 2021 by Orion Publishing Group, Limited.
Everything in QualityLand is geared towards optimizing your life. QualityPartner identifies your ideal mate, earworm personal assistants get you where you need to go and android drones know you need a six pack of beer at the end of a long day even before you crave one. Humans, robots, and algorithms co-exist, everything is seamlessly corporatised, stratified, and monetized. Your very name reveals much of what we need to know about you and your profile discloses the rest. Peter Jobless is a down and out metal press operator, dumped by his long term girlfriend when she is alerted to a better option on her QualityPad. But Peter has another problem - he seems to be the only one noticing that his fellow Qualityland robot citizens are experiencing an existential crisis.
Die Geschichte ist spannend und immer wieder sehr witzig. Die Satire ist bissig und trifft häufig ins Schwarze. Wer die Känguru-Chroniken mag, dürfte hiermit definitiv auch Spaß haben. Für mich ist Qualityland sogar noch besser.
"Kappuuuuuuuuutt!"
Was soll ich sagen, ich lieb das Buch halt. Die Selbstreferenzen, der Humor, die Dystopie – Es ist perfekt.
