Qualityland

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Books
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8.99
book_author_name: 
Marc-Uwe Kling
book_type: 
Paperback
publisher: 
Orion Publishing Co
published_date: 
18/02/2021
isbn: 
9781409191155
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Books > Fiction > Modern & contemporary fiction
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Marc-Uwe Kling|Paperback|Orion Publishing Co|18/02/2021
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9781409191155
Book Description: 
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. There is a drone who's afraid to fly. A sex droid with erectile dysfunction. A combat robot with PTSD. Instructed to destroy these malfunctioning A.I., Peter starts to suspect the technology that rules us all has a flaw, perhaps a fatal one. Not only that, these robots might be his only friends...

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