The World After Amazon: Stories from Amazon Workers

<a href="http://afteramazon.world" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><i>The World After Amazon</i></a> is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more.<br /><br />Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toiling in dystopian conditions to create a future that will exclude them. <br /><br />What happens when those workers reclaim the radical imagination and their power to tell their own stories?<br /><br /><a href="http://afteramazon.world" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><i>The World After Amazon</i></a> can be ordered in print or read or downloaded online for free, and is also available as a podcast and audiobook.<br /><br />For more information, visit <a href="http://afteramazon.world" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">http://afteramazon.world</a>.   <br /><br />Book editors: <a href="https://xeniabenivolski.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Xenia Benivolksi</a>, <a href="http://maxhaiven.com" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Max Haiven</a>, <a href="https://www.lakeheadu.ca/users/O/solutola/node/65634" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Sarah Olutola</a> and <a href="https://universityofbritishcolumbia.academia.edu/GraemeWebb" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Graeme Webb</a><br />Narrator: <a href="https://www.sookyinlee.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Sook-Yin Lee</a><br />Editing and music: <a href="https://robertsteenkamer.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Robert Steenkamer</a><br />Illustrations: <a href="https://www.amandapriebe.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Amanda Priebe</a><br /><br />Publisher: <a href="https://reimaginingvalue.ca" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">RiVAL</a>: The ReImagining Value Action Lab<br /><br />In Ibrahim Alsahary’s “<a href="https://afteramazon.world/the-iron-uprising/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">The Iron Uprising</a>,” robots and humans come together in common struggle… and in love. Cory Gluck’s “<a href="https://afteramazon.world/thalia-in-albios/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Thalia in Albios</a>” depicts one woman’s journey through a dystopian future, from terrified housecleaner to fearless revolutionary. What could go wrong if scientists tried to artificially enhance the empathy that people have lost in an age of techno-isolation? In Dartagnan’s “<a href="https://afteramazon.world/relentless/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Relentless</a>” we find out.<br /><br />In Anneth Chepkoech’s “<a href="https://afteramazon.world/life-after-amazon/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Life After Amazon</a>” a young migrant boy dreams of creating an online retail platform that respects and values workers like his father. Pearl Cecil Sigur Ramsey’s “<a href="https://afteramazon.world/anybody-home/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">ANYBODY HOME?</a>” presents a podcast from the end of the world, where corporations can even exploit screams of rebellion.<br /><br />Several writers chose to remain anonymous. “<a href="https://afteramazon.world/forever-on-the-clock/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Forever on the Clock</a>” tells the story of a worker who quits Amazon only to discover the prison where he is being held looks very familiar… In “<a href="https://afteramazon.world/the-dark-side-of-convenience/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">The Dark Side of Convenience</a>” workers are kept so busy working for Amazon they don’t realize the apocalypse the company is helping to create. After Amazon’s fall, a local ruler uses violence and fear to dominate the island of Zanjara. It’s up to his son to find “<a href="https://afteramazon.world/museum-of-prime/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">The Museum of Prime</a>” and restore the balance.“<a href="https://afteramazon.world/new-entry/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">New Entry</a>” takes us to the far future, where humanity has found the source of infinite energy, but is not yet free from the power of propaganda…