pickFragmented & enigmatic but cumulative in its critique of capitalism & its propensity to turn human(iod)s into 'resources.' Reads almost like poetry & asks the reader to get comfortable with uncertainty & information gaps. I liked it.
Book mail! Two galleys and a Bookshop.org order
so-soI have absolutely no idea of what I just read. A story told in vignettes over 130p and the slim novel was one of the reasons I finished.
Humans and human lookalikes work together on a ship and are being interviewed by someone about what is happening on the ship.
pickStrange, chilling, & beautiful. This book is structured as a workplace commission of the Six-Thousand Ship's crew witness statements. Far away from the Earth, the human & humanoid crew give cryptic but increasingly revealing, disturbing statements. It's a critique of capitalist wage & reproductive labour, but it's also a speculative dystopia, if that makes sense. The existence of the "objects" from the planet New Discovery gave it a surreal feel.
pickThe story takes place in the future on a spaceship, and the crew are humans and humanoids. Their work is collecting objects which are then stored on the ship. And this is where the problems begin. The purpose of their work is not explained and the whole interpretation of the events is left to the reader. The eeriness, of this story without a story, slowly grows through short testimonies/statements of employees. 👇
pickNot my usual! On the Six-Thousand Ship, human and humanoid employees are invited to contribute interviews to a workplace study - interviews that show how similar the categories are becoming, and the increasing levels of dissatisfaction and division on the ship. The final report from The Committee is both chilling and familiar in its view of what constitutes success.
This was an interesting, original, disturbing read, with lots to ponder.
The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century | 
