The Space Merchants- 00.nfo
General Information
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Title: The Space Merchants
Author: Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth
Read By: Michael Scherer
Copyright: 1952
Audiobook Copyright: 2006
Genre: Science Fiction
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Book Description
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It is the 20th Century, an advertisement-drenched world in which the
big ad agencies dominate governments and everything else. Now Schoken
Associates, one of the big players, has a new challenge for star copywriter
Mitch Courtenay. Volunteers are needed to colonise Venus. It`s a hellhole,
and nobody who knew anything about it would dream of signing up. But
by the time Mitch has finished, they will be queuing to get on board
the spaceships.
About the Author
Pohl and Kornbluth started writing together as early as 1940, although
both authors produced a wide variety of stories separately, under their
own names and psuedonyms. Each wrote sections, starting where the other
left off, and through long experience they developed an almost telepathic
awareness of each other's intentions. Frederik Pohl was born in 1919
and has been professionally involved in sf as an editor and writer since
his teens. Among his many books are A Plague of Pythons, Gateway, Man
Plus and JEM: The Making of a Utopia. C.M. Kornbluth (1923-1958) was
the bureau chief of a Chicago news agency until 1951 when he took up
fiction writing full time. He established himself very quickly as a
brilliant short-story writer with works such as 'The Little Black Bag',
'The Marching Morons', 'The Cosmic Charge Account' and 'Two Dooms'.
Pohl and Kornbluth started writing stories together in 1940 and their
collaborations include The Space Merchants, Search the Sky and Gladiators-at-La-
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