The title alone makes this seem like it would be a lot more spacey than it is (it’s not spacey at all it turns out) and so I was pleasantly surprised how innovative, cutting, and incisive this book is. I am not 100% behind the execution and the plot starts going a little haywire, but this is clearly one of those novels that set some clear terms for future forays into science fiction. It reminds of Alfred Bester’s The Stars My Destination and The Demolished Man, and Ray […]
He sat down in a wave of applause.
The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and CM Cornbluth
