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reviewed The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (SFBC 50th Anniversary Edition, #2)

C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl: The Space Merchants (2003, SFBC) 4 stars

In this classic send-up of American commercialism, a near-future earth is resource-depleted but callously ruled …

Review of 'The Space Merchants' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I read this back in 2004. It was one of those scifi classics I had meant to read for a while. I finally got to it, and it was definitely worth it. As it often happens, the edition I have does not match the covers here, so I just picked one that looked nice. I got my copy second hand, a nice one with a nice cartoon-like character on the cover that looks like a very good ad man. Very appropriate. Overall, this is one to read, and it is still very relevant today.