Who Hunts the Whale by Laura Kate Dale, Jane Aerith Magnet
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Overview: Who Hunts The Whale? is a completely fictional, entirely made-up novel set in the imaginary world of the video gaming industry. Written with a gamer’s wit and an insider’s precision, it holds the real-world business up to a carnival house of mirrors, to give a satirical look at the human cost of a rapacious market that must constantly be fed new content.
In the novel, Supremacy Software is the world’s largest videogame developer and publisher. If you’ve played games, you’ve played one of theirs at some point. They’re the shining light, a dream job for many aspiring game developers. Who Hunts The Whale? tells the story of a newly hired PA, taking a seat in the executive boardroom. An out-of-towner who risked it all to come to the big city and live her dream of working for a company she’s idolised for years.
Growing up playing some of the company’s biggest titles, she’s excited to be right there, where multi-million dollar decisions are made on a whim, hearing the new ideas first (yeah, suck it xXStabbyCat42069Xx, you don’t know it all), with the potential for life-changing bonuses for those who join the Supremacy Software family.
However, it’s not all sunshine and lollipops, as she soon discovers the much more cynical side of things. Stolen ideas, long hours, managerial impropriety, paintball, company barbecues, and enough Crimson Method Energy Gel to fill several swimming pools.
When faced with the grimy reality of how the sausage is made, she’ll have to wrestle with her conscience over whether to risk her dream career and take a stand for those who dare not speak, or keep quiet in the face of a powerful corporation whose legal team is always staring at her, wherever she goes.
Fans of Douglas Coupland’s Microserfs, David Eggers’ The Circle or Juno Dawson’s Meat Market will love this millennials’ tale of one small person’s experiences inside the belly of a tech giant.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
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