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QualityLand

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QualityLand

By: Marc-Uwe Kling
Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
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About this listen

THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU.
YES, YOU SPECIFICALLY.

WELCOME TO QUALITYLAND.

We hope you enjoy your trip to the happiest, most advanced place on earth.

QualityLand is the world's first 2.0 country, where everything is run by infallible algorithm, including:

- Society (in which everyone is ranked by level)
- Shopping (orders arrive before you even know you want them)
- Relationships (you will be notified instantly if there is a better match)

In fact, this very algorithm selected you to visit QualityLand. If you don't like it, you're not just ungrateful - you're also wrong, because the algorithm is always right.

While you're visiting, be aware there is an election going on - the perfect time to see QualityLand in action...

ENJOY YOUR TRIP!

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USER TESTIMONIALS:

'Nineteen Eighty-Four meets Vonnegutian slap stick in a free-wheeling satire spliced with black humour and some gloriously wicked social commentary.'
The Guardian

'QUALITYLAND is very funny and very scary - my kind of book.'
Mike Judge, creator of Silicon Valley & King of the Hill

'The best kind of satire, offering up a funhouse mirror version of our world that is so smart and so cutting, you have to laugh to keep from crying.'
Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse

'This is spot-on satire.'
Publishers Weekly

'Kling's sharp observations expose with delightful brutality how close QualityLand is to reality.'
Booklist

©2019 Marc-Uwe Kling (P)2020 Orion Publishing Group
Science Fiction Fiction Robotics Technology Funny

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Unhinged, too much ‘commercial’ and the voices sometimes shook me. I couldn’t connect to Peter since I’m a driven and enthusiastic person.
The description of AGIs and how they developed is really awesome. Also the narrator did, besides the jump-scares, a good job.

Not my thing

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The novel is full of amazing and funny ideas. It touches many contemporary unintentional problems caused by technology in a similar way as Black Mirror.

Sadly, it's a bit too partisan and one sided in its mocking of American right wing. The dumbest jokes and characterizations are caused by this. There's no nuance. Progressives are perfect. Traditional are inbred racist rednecks. Oh, well...

Unique black comedy dystopia

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Funny and tongue in cheek. A portrayal of modern society which stings and gives food for thought.

Funny

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Good story, funny take on a possible future.

Really good performance brings all the characters too life.

Great Listen

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It is not science fiction. It is a sitcom. It is full of cheap jokes.

sitcom

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