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Speculative workplace novel · Medium

The Employees

Olga Ravn · 2018; English translation 2020 · Denmark / Danish

A workplace novel of the 22nd century built from reports and statements from workers aboard the Six-Thousand Ship.

Notes and Misconceptions

It is not space opera.

The real alien presence may be corporate language itself: reports, evaluations, productivity, usefulness, personhood.

Best Path

Corporate language, personhood, sci-fi

Reading Paths

  • Form Risk, Consciousness, and Strange Architecture

    Books that ask the reader to follow fragments, reports, propositions, dreams, and engineered voice.

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denmarksci-fiworkplacetranslationpersonhoodcorporate-languagefragmented