You need to read The Employees by Olga Ravn
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ย. 2024
- Olga Ravn's The Employees (translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken) is a satire of hypercapitalist workplace culture, and a new exploration of that well-trodden theme of artificial intelligence vs the meaning of life, all written as a series of interview statements. And I love it. Here's why.
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Loved it, the ending was simataneously sad and beautiful
That 2021 long list was really interesting - I was glad to discover the books by Diop, Labatut, Enriquez, Schalansky and Shibli and there are probably others I should try. Can’t wait for the 2022 list!
Oh Enriquez, her writing is such a gift!
There’s so much going on in this tiny book! I loved it when I read it last year and have been thinking about it ever since. After watching your review I want to read it again!
It really warrants a few reads to fully appreciate everything it's doing!
I loved The Employees. I adore the concept. You read in one sitting, but it becomes so much bigger in my head.
I totally agree! It'll stay with me forever.
Finally read this one (off of your recommendation here) and I enjoyed it. I was indeed able to finish it in just a few hours. Watched your review again and found it spot on, it's interesting to hear the different aspects that stand out to different readers because there's a lot in it! Totally agree that one could easily go back and just read bits and pieces of it again.
you articulate your thoughts so well! i just finished this book and loved hearing your thoughts on it! also i love snowy :)
Another book you've sold me on! Can't wait to read it.
I hope it doesn't disappoint! Have fun with it :)
@@WillowTalksBooks Thanks 😊
Just finished reading this based on your recommendation. Fantastic!
YESSSSSSSS!!
💜 added this to my TBR! 💜 thank you for another video!!
You're so welcome! Thanks for watching 💜
This book was already on my tbr but after watching your video I'm definitely reading it right now!
Fantastic, I really hope you love it!
i haven't finished watching this video but i will be reading it for sure. thank you !
Really hope you enjoy!
a new take on artificial intelligence?? sold!! we have the same taste, I'm so glad I found your channel :)
I'm glad, too! Always love meeting someone who shares my taste :)
Definitely putting this high on my TBR, and thank you to Snowy for sharing her Very Important Opinions! As someone who also loves Klara and the Sun, you might enjoy John Scalzi’s Lock In. It’s a near-future, post-pandemic exploration of disability, AI, and the social/political/legal implications of those intersections, all disguised as a police procedural. The novel started as an experiment to see if Scalzi could write a protagonist without a specified gender, which becomes an additional layer without feeling like a gimmick. There’s also a companion novella, Unlocked: An Oral History of Hayden’s Syndrome, written in that sort of epistolary style of snippets of first-hand accounts.
Thank you as ever for your thoughtful reviews and my ever-growing TBR list!
Ooh I've never read a Scalzi before but you've really sold me on this one! There's nothing i like less than a police procedural but if it's hiding something smarter underneath then I'm all in!
I loved this book. Great review, you nailed it! Thanks for another fab video.
Aw thank you so much! Thanks for watching 💜
Thanks I always enjoy your reviews. I’ve reserved it at my library. I work in a company who train HR and culture so will be very interesting
Ooh it'll probably leave a slightly different impact on you, how interesting!
great video :)
I'm sold!
Yay, I did my job!
Fantastic review of a book whose ideas I also rejoiced. I join you in your urging that others should read this book.
Yay, we're on Team Good Taste! 💜
Definitely will get that book when I have the chsnce.
Let's hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
I already knew that I wanted to read this but now I really want to read it!
Just adding a little pressure, don't mind me :)
@@WillowTalksBooks 😂
This book sounds amazing!!! thanks for finding it and recommending it!
You're very welcome! I hope you love it!
new here. love your book choices, voice and of course snowy:)
Wow, thank you so so much! Snowy and I both appreciate that 💜
Thanks for this it sounds fantastic. Just ordered my copy 👍
Oh that's great news, enjoy!
I would probably never have known about this book if not for you, and that’s one of the great reasons I subscribe to your channel! I also love epistolary novels…have you considered doing a segment on some of your faves?
Epistolary!! That's what they're called! Every time I mention them I'm like, "I know there's a word for that..." Thank you! I think I'll do an article and a video on them very soon! Thanks for the idea :)
Thanks, I'm adding it to my reading list. I love sf too.
I really hope you agree this this is pushing SF boundaries!
@@WillowTalksBooks I let you know after reading.
@@WillowTalksBooks Just finished it today, I think it merits a second reading, I enjoyed it very much. I had Rutger Hauer's monolog from "Blade Runner" lingering in my head while reading some parts.
This sounds AMAZING.
It is, I swear!
l loved the way you explained everything...❤️❤️
Oh thank you so much!
@@WillowTalksBooks lm obsessed with your channel and lm bingewatching😄 ❤️
@@dhanya7613 omgggggg thank you!!
Based on the premise alone this sounds a lot like the Freeze-frame Revolution by Peter Watts
Never heard of it but I'll check it out
Ooh it’s giving The office mixed with Startrek or something idk I’ll have to read it
Haha yes, you could definitely makes those comparisons
@@WillowTalksBooks lol I’m glad you knew what I meant lol. I wasn’t sure how to describe it lol
Great how you now just command us to read your recommendation
I just can't take the change that you won't read this one
Whats going on with the cover :D i thought you had to cencor it
lol I have no idea what's up with it. And it's so shiny as well. Impossible to photograph well 🤦🏻♀️
@Mister Morningstar Yeah that crossed my mind as well, but I'm honestly not sure!
Snowy stealing the show 😉 sorry
Snowy can do whatever she wants. She stole my heart first, now she steals the show 💜