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    No More Weekends
    No More Weekends
    No More Weekends
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    No More Weekends

    By Brad Foster

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    Dark visions of a near future, one in which you never leave your workplace.

    "The computer turns itself on every morning.  I only know it's morning by the light level in my cubicle.  Its walls stretch to the ceiling where a bulbous cross-hatch of lights brightens then fades to mark the passage of time.

    I have never been out of my cubicle.

    It has been my workspace and my home for as long as I can remember.  When I'm not sleeping, I'm working.
    I have three minutes to get in my chair and log into the system.
    I know what happens if I don't."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrad Foster
    Release dateOct 13, 2014
    ISBN9781310535383
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