Displaying 1 of 1 2021 Format: Book Author: Kasulke, Calvin, author. Title: Several people are typing : a novel / Calvin Kasulke. Publisher, Date: New York : Doubleday, 2021. Copyright Date ©2021 Description: 248 pages ; 22 cm Summary: "A mid-level employee of a New York-based public relations firm finds his consciousness uploaded into the company's internal Slack channel"-- Provided by publisher. Gerald, a mid-level employee of a New York-based public relations firm, has been uploaded into the company's internal Slack channels. At least his consciousness has. His colleagues assume it is just an elaborate ploy to exploit their lax work-from-home policy. Disembodied and alarmed by the looming abyss of an eternity on-line, Gerald enlists his co-worker Pradeep to find out what happened to his body and help him escape. Slackbot, Slack's AI assistant, helps Gerald navigate his new digital reality. Why is Slackbot so interested in Gerald? And what in the hell does the :dusty-stick: emoji mean? -- adapted from jacket Subjects: Virtual reality -- Fiction. Artificial intelligence -- Fiction. Public relations firms -- Fiction. Genre: Humorous fiction. Novels. Fiction. Humorous fiction. Novels. LCCN: 2020052276 ISBN: 9780385547222 0385547226 * 9780385547253 9780385547222 (HRD) 0385547226 (HRD) * 9780385547253 Other Number: 1224583609 System Availability: 5 Current Holds: 0 Control Number: 2358680 Request It Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Find It Author Biography CALVIN KASULKE is a writer based in Brooklyn, New York. A Lambda Literary Fellow, his writing and reporting have been featured in VICE, BuzzFeed, and Electric Literature. This is his first book. - (Random House, Inc.) Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1