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The Space Merchants

Frederik Pohl, Cyril M. Kornbluth · 1952 · Novel

Setting: 1953

Series: Space Merchants — #1

Synopsis

The Space Merchants is a 1952 science fiction novel by American writers Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth. Originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine as a serial entitled Gravy Planet, the novel was first published as a single volume in 1953, and has sold heavily since. It deals satirically with a hyper-developed consumerism, seen through the eyes of an advertising executive.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: Science fictionconsumerismoverpopulationterraformationshanghaiingfictionFiction, science fiction, general

isfdb_id: 1159

openlibrary_id: OL60943W

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