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Qualityland

(2020)
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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

'How much you enjoy this is in direct proportion to how much trouble you think we're all in. Sleep tight.'
Kirkus Reviews

'Wow, what a hilarious yet deeply concerning joyride into the future that surely awaits us.'
You, after you've read QualityLand


Genre: Science Fiction

Praise for this book

"Eerily prescient and peppered with near-future projections (including the cryogenic resurrection of Jennifer Aniston), Qualityland reads like the best Black Mirror episode as written by Kurt Vonnegut. Kling delivers scythe-sharp satire, steering us through a hysterical dystopian adventure of technological determinism, all while skewering consumer culture, politics, free will, and making me rethink my relationship with my Roomba. Witty, wise, and terrifyingly funny, Qualityland is a genius gem and an absolute must read. I laughed my phone off." - Kira Jane Buxton

"QUALITYLAND is 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

"The times we live in demand a satire as sharp and unrelenting as QUALITYLAND. The funniest parts will make you cringe. But rather than merely beat the reader over the head with doom and gloom, this novel goes further, showing the value of endurance and even hope in an age of emptiness." - Robert Repino


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