The Space Merchants was a book my father and I could both agree on—he from his anti-capitalist background and me from the PoV of speculative fiction. The image of Chicken Little has stuck with me ever since, and it resonates anew every time someone reveals a fresh horror from big agribusiness. Likewise, I am reminded of it again and again every time some jackass comes up with a newer, more intrusive form of web advertising.

Cory Doctorow can be found online at craphound.com and boingboing.net

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All the Lives He Led (978-0-7653-2176-3 / $25.99) by Frederik Pohl will be available from Tor Books on April 12, 2011.

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• What’s your Favorite Frederik Pohl novel?
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• Joe Haldeman: Wolfbane The Space Merchants
• Neil Gaiman: The Age of the Pussyfoot
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• James E. Gunn: Gateway and The Space Merchants
• Gregory Benford & Elisabeth Malatre: Man Plus
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• Ben Bova: The Space Merchants
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