Marc-Uwe Kling

Välkommen till QualityLand, där allt optimeras med algoritmer: arbete, fritid och kärlek. Och alla varor du behöver skickas hem till dig automatiskt, innan du ens vet att du behöver dem, bara du är medlem i TheShop. Ingen behöver längre ta svåra beslut ? för i QualityLand är svaret på alla frågor: OK! Svaret på alla frågor är OK! Trots det har Peter allt oftare känslan av att något inte stämmer med hans liv. Om systemet verkligen är så perfekt, varför finns det då drönare som lider av flygskräck och stridsrobotar som lider av posttraumatiskt stressyndrom. Varför blir maskinerna hela tiden mer mänskliga, när människorna hela tiden blir allt mer lika maskiner. En roman som ställer de stora frågorna om en framtid som redan är här. En modern 1984. Boken kommer att bli HBO-serie. Marc-Uwe Kling är född 1982 och är förutom författare även musiker och komiker. Han fick sitt stora genombrott 2009 med Kängurukrönikan, om en flegmatisk anarkist som bor tillsammans med en talande, kommunistisk känguru i Berlin

What if the perfect world wasn't built for you? Welcome to QualityLand, the best country on Earth. Here, a universal ranking system determines the social advantages and career opportunities of every member of society. An automated matchmaking service knows the best partners for everyone and helps with the break up when your ideal match (frequently) changes. And the foolproof algorithms of the biggest, most successful company in the world, TheShop, know what you want before you do and conveniently deliver to your doorstep before you even order it. In QualityCity, Peter Jobless is a machine scrapper who can't quite bring himself to destroy the imperfect machines sent his way, and has become the unwitting leader of a band of robotic misfits hidden in his home and workplace. One day, Peter receives a product from TheShop that he absolutely, positively knows he does not want, and which he decides, at great personal cost, to return. The only problem: doing so means proving the perfect algorithm of TheShop wrong, calling into question the very foundations of QualityLand itself. Qualityland, Marc-Uwe Kling's first book to be translated into English, is a brilliantly clever, illuminating satire in the tradition of Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and George Orwell that offers a visionary, frightening, and all-too funny glimpse at a near future we may be hurtling toward faster than it's at all comfortable to admit. So why delay any longer? TheShop already knows you're going to love this book. You may as well head to the cash register, crack the covers, and see why that is for yourself.

THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY meets 1984: In the near-future sci-fi world of QualityLand, algorithms promise an idyllic life--but what if this perfect world wasn't built for you? Welcome to QualityLand, the epitome of a utopian society where a universal ranking system dictates social status and career paths. Here, an automated matchmaking service handles everything from pairing ideal partners to orchestrating breakups when those matches inevitably change. And the foolproof algorithms of the biggest, most successful company in the world, TheShop, know what you want before you do and conveniently deliver to your doorstep before you even order it. In QualityCity, Peter Jobless, a machine scrapper by trade, grapples with his role in dismantling machines that he secretly believes have worth. He unwittingly becomes the leader of a group of robotic misfits hidden in his home and workplace. When Peter receives a product from TheShop that he unequivocally does not want, he faces a monumental decision: return the product and challenge the infallible algorithms of TheShop, risking a seismic upheaval of QualityLand's carefully constructed perfection. Marc-Uwe Kling's QualityLand, his first book translated into English, is a sharp, insightful satire reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and George Orwell. This brilliantly clever and thought-provoking novel offers a darkly humorous glimpse into a future that may be closer than we'd like to admit. Don't wait--TheShop already knows you'll enjoy this book, so dive in and discover why.

”Klik, klik,” sagde bedstemor. ”Internettet virker ikke mere. Jeg tror, jeg har ødelagt det …”Idas bedstemor er kommet til at ødelægge internettet. Hele internettet. I hele verden. “Man kan ikke ødelægge nettet,” mener Idas storebror Max, men det er nu alligevel det, der er sket.” Det var et uheld,” siger bedstemor, og nu kan Max ikke bruge sin telefon, og storesøster Lulu kan ikke høre musik, og bedstefar kan ikke se fjernsyn. Mor og far kommer tidligt hjem, for uden internet kan de ikke arbejde, og pizzabuddet ringer på og er helt forvirret. Han kan nemlig kan ikke levere pizza, for hans GPS virker ikke. Heldigvis kan Ida og hendes familie godt lide pizza, og det ender faktisk med at blive en ret hyggelig dag. Marc-Uwe Kling er en tysk forfatter og stand-up-komiker. På dansk er tidligere udkommet den satiriske voksenroman Kængurukrøniken (2016). Den dag bedstemor ødelagde internettet er hans første børnebog på dansk.