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
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Other media mentioned:
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!!)
Thank you for listening! You can send your feedback, thoughts, questions and book recommendations to us at reading.materials.podcast@gmail.com.
