The Space Merchants

Name: The Space Merchants
Author: Frederik Pohl

by Frederik Pohl

Madison Avenue marketing giant faces utopian and dystopian futures on alien worlds

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Frederik Pohl

Frederik Pohl was an American science fiction author and editor who had a profound influence on the genre across seven decades. The Space Merchants, co-written with C.M. Kornbluth, is a savagely satirical novel about advertising and consumerism. Gateway won the Hugo and Nebula Awards and introduced the Heechee alien legacy.

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