The Spaceman

By: Nathan Gregory

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

He kept the ship shipshape. They kept their eyes on the screen.

For sixteen years, Max has been the Janitor of the Vigilant, a high-class starship where status is measured in digital footprints. Max doesn’t tweet, he doesn’t click, and he definitely doesn't "surf"—he simply knows every bolt and bulkhead of the ship he calls home.

When a new, tech-obsessed Captain decides Max’s digital illiteracy is a fatal flaw, Max is cast out into the space docks with nothing but his severance and his dignity. But in a universe where everyone is too busy "clicking and surfing" to look out the window, Max’s practical wisdom is about to become his greatest asset.

A sharp, satirical space-age fable about the power of common sense in an automated world.