Loved itI think maybe the employees by Olga Raven is like kind of a collective consciousness, but it's more about how the way the book is written as opposed to what's actually happening in the plot.
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Employees (2018)
Others: Mostly positive "Is this a human problem? If so, I'd like to keep it. The crew of the Six-Thousand Ship consists of those who were born, and those who were made. Those who will die, and those who will not. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, the crew is perplexed to find itself becoming deeply attached to them, and human and humanoid employees alike start aching for the same things: warmth and intimacy. Loved ones who have passed. Shopping and child-rearing. Our shared, far-away Earth, which now only persists in memory. Gradually, the crew members come to see their work in a new light, and each employee is compelled to ask themselves whether they can carry on as before-- and what it means to be truly living. Structured as a series of witness statements compiled by a workplace commission, Olga Ravin's crackling prose is as chilling as it is moving, as exhilarating as it is foreboding. Wracked by all kinds of longing, The employees probes into what it means to be human, emotionally and ontologically, while simultaneously delivering an overdue critique of a life governed by work and the logic of productivity."--
- ISBN:
- 9781999992880
- Length:
- 135 pages
Genres: science fiction, horror, literary fiction
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Loved itI was impressed. I tend to respond well to that kind of fragmented storytelling. I think that it is slightly soft around the edges and I found the ending a little bit unsatisfying. I don't think it's quite a masterpiece, but it was a very good book. if you hate your boss, you might like this book.
Not a fanNeed to read that again cuz it didn't quite stick. What is it the kids say? I bounced off it. I bounced off it.
Loved itI think that it is this amazing mix of like sci-fi, capitalism, workplace drama, human connection, playfulness as well as in the style and it's just fabulous I think this is such a brilliant little book.