Science Fiction | The Space Merchants | Frederik Pohl and C Kornbluth
⭐⭐
This is one of the books based on the 50's worry that advertising would make consumerist zombies of us all that hasn't dated very well.
2 stars = It’s ok
Edit: This was first published in Galaxy Science Fiction as Gravy Planet, in serialised form. All the issues are now available as free download from several websites.
⭐⭐
This is one of the books based on the 50's worry that advertising would make consumerist zombies of us all that hasn't dated very well.
Capitalism has run amok. Great corporations own the world and the people are slaves. They think they are not, because they get paid, but the Companies supply all their needs, at increasingly exhorbitant rates, so they’re always in debt. Sounds a bit like the USA today, doesn’t it?
Except that it’s all so over the top that it’s dated. And not well.
Edit: This was first published in Galaxy Science Fiction as Gravy Planet, in serialised form. All the issues are now available as free download from several websites.
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