Is it still WFH when you're now just binary code Whilst working on a spreadsheet for a New York-based PR firm,Gerald has his consciousness uploaded into his company's Slack channel. He posts for help,but his colleagues assume it's an elaborate joke to exploit the new working-from-home policy,and now that Gerald's productivity is through the roof,his bosses are only too happy to let him work from...wherever he says he is. Faced with the looming abyss of a disembodied life online,Gerald enlists co-worker Pradeep to care for his body and Slackbot,the service's AI assistant,to help him navigate his new digital reality. But when Slackbot discovers a world (and an empty body) outside the app,will it hijack a ride into the'real'world Meanwhile,Gerald's co-workers are scrambling to stem a company PR catastrophe like no other,their CEO suspects someone is sabotaging his office furniture,and if Gerald gets to work from home all the time,why can't everyone Hilarious,irreverent,and wholly original,Several People Are Typing is the perfect remedy for any idle fingers waiting to doomscroll: a satire of both the virtual office and contemporary life,and a perfect antidote to the way we live #now.
Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonISBN: 9781529358384Number of pages: 256Weight: 189 gDimensions: 196 x 130 x 20 mm
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A laugh-out-loud funny horror novel! An absurd,hilarious romp through the haunted house of late-stage capitalismA smooth and funny read that does something smartly original both with the form of the novel and the tropes of science fiction. Office-comedy meets Tron. Why doomscroll Twitter when you can blissscroll this bookI loved Calvin Kasulke's debut novel. It wears weighty themes - surveillance and robot takeovers - so lightly and somehow manages to be touching and funny,as well as eerie and prescient.A deadpan allegory for the autocorrect generation - less of a novel,more a full out-of-body experience.An existential romp with a wicked sense of humor,Calvin Kasulke's debut novel is a Greek chorus of modern strife,a workplace of woebegone souls. It asks the important questions,like what it means to be a person,but also,what it means to be a gif. Several People Are Typing is a dirge for bureaucracy told by one of the funniest new writers @here.Several People Are Typing is the first novel I've read that feels written of,about,and inside the internet. With cursed spreadsheets,pregnant lizards,backchannel smack-talk,:dusty_sticks:,and the creepiest gifs in American literature,Calvin Kasulke doesn't just commit to the bit; the bit commits to him. If you've ever felt imprisoned by work,the internet,or your mortal body,buy this book twiceA brilliant,laugh-out-loud funny slice of unglued genius about the triumphs and tyranny of the online workplace. Deliciously weird and wonderfully real,Several People Are Typing is a must-read for anyone who's ever suspected that the people on the other side of the screen are not all thereSharp and inventive. A virtual identity crisis in alt-book formA unique cross between The Office,William Gibson and HP Lovecraft. Surreal and absurd,whilst also being an acute satire on workplace politics and our increasingly unhealthy relationship to online life and WFH culture.Mind-numbingly fast and gut-bustingly funny!Kasulke's debut is a joyous tonic to the modern era workplaceProvocative,darkly amusing,and quirky as heck,this book highlights the absurdities of office life with aplomb.Slyly satirical debut... the novel wittily addresses the dehumanising absurdities of modern office life.
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