We wrap up Season 3 with special guest Luisa and a wild ride through Marc-Uwe Kling’s QualityLand.

From rogue AIs to political satire—and yes, unexpected pink dolphin vibrators—we unpack this sharp, strange, and bitingly funny dystopia where algorithms know you better than you know yourself.

Episode Timepoints:

00:00 - Intro

01:00 - Introduction to Luisa

03:45 - An Introduction to the Author

07:30 - The Blurb

08:55 - A Discussion of QualityLand

12:52 - Slightly belated spoiler warning.

01:25:00 - The Book We Will Be Discussing Next Time

01:26:57 - Outro

Other Books Mentioned in This Episode:

QualityLand by Marc-Uwe Kling

Die Kaenguru-Chroniken by Marc-Uwe Kling

Kafka

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Other media mentioned:

Star Wars

Monty Python

Black Mirror

Bridgerton

Links:

Marc-Uwe Kling on Goodreads

Reading Materials on Goodreads

Lucia on Goodreads

Corrie on Goodreads

Reading Materials on Instagram (run by Lucia with minimal input from Corrie!!)

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