An edition of The Space Merchants (1952)

The Space Merchants

1st St. Martin's Press mass market ed. (1)
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An edition of The Space Merchants (1952)

The Space Merchants

1st St. Martin's Press mass market ed. (1)
  • 4.80 ·
  • 5 Ratings
  • 109 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 16 Have read

Mitch Courtney is a Copysmith Star Class, fighting his way up the corporate ladder in an age when consumerism has conquered America. Products like Coffiest, the morning cupful laced with an addicting chemical, have captured the population's minds...and souls. And now Mitch has something to sell that would take every dirty advertising trick in the book: the planet Venus—hot, malevolent, and America's newest colony. But Venus' inhospitable climate is the least of his worries: his beautiful wife is dumping him, a fellow exec is sabotaging him, the Consies (aka Conservationists) want to stop him, and somebody is trying to kill him.„in a searing satire of corporate America where everything is fair—even murder.
--back cover

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St. Martin's Press
Language
English
Pages
169

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Cover of: The Space Merchants
The Space Merchants
2011-12, Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Griffin
Paperback in English - 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.; Revised 21st Century Edition
Cover of: The Space Merchants
The Space Merchants
2003-04, SFBC
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The Space Merchants
The Space Merchants
1987-03, St. Martin's Press
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st St. Martin's Press mass market ed. (1)
Cover of: The Space Merchants
The Space Merchants
1985, St. Martin's Press
Paperback in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The Space Merchants
The Space Merchants
1969, Walker and Company
Hardcover in English

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New York

Edition Notes

Copyright Date
1985

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3566.O36

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
169 p. ;
Number of pages
169

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL14416409M
Internet Archive
spacemerchants0000pohl_f0r4
ISBN 10
0312906552
ISBN 13
9780312906559
OCLC/WorldCat
15372268, 750786169
Library Thing
21334
Goodreads
968771

Work Description

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. In 1984, Pohl published a sequel, The Merchants' War. In 2012, it was included in the Library of America omnibus American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1953–1956. Pohl revised the original novel in 2011 with added material and more contemporary references.

It was rated the 24th "all-time best novel" in a 1975 Locus poll, jointly with The Martian Chronicles and The War of the Worlds. The novel was also included in David Pringle's list of 100 best science fiction novels.

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