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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Related Links:
- What’s your Favorite Frederik Pohl novel?
- Jody Lynn Nye: Starburst
- Mike Resnick: The Way the Future Was
- Harry Harrison: The Space Merchants
- Vernor Vinge: Slave Ship
- Joe Haldeman: Wolfbane The Space Merchants
- Neil Gaiman: The Age of the Pussyfoot
- David Brin: Wolfbane
- James E. Gunn: Gateway and The Space Merchants
- Gregory Benford & Elisabeth Malatre: Man Plus
- Larry Niven: The Age of the Pussyfoot
- Ben Bova: The Space Merchants
- Phyllis Eisenstein: The Space Merchants
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