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"A novel of the future that the present must inevitably rank as a classic.""--The New York Times"
A novel of the future that the present must inevitably rank as a classic. "The New York Times""
A novel of the future that the present must inevitably rank as a classic. The New York Times"
"A novel of the future that the present must inevitably rank as a classic." --The New York Times
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The ad man sets his sights on the gravy train that is Venus: unconquered and waiting to be populated by Earth's capitalist-driven consumers.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 0140022244
- ISBN 13 9780140022247
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages176
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The Space Merchants
Seller: Lost Worlds Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. David Pelham (illustrator). Tanned pages, some wear to cover edges, spine creasing, some light cover creasing, spine lean, rubbed hinges, some marks to cover. Seller Inventory # 11822
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The Space Merchants: 1st in the 'Space Merchants' series of books
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ISBN 10: 0140022244
ISBN 13: 9780140022247
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Paperback: 7" x 4½"
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Peter Goodfellow (illustrator). 1965 Edition. © 1952: 1st in the 'Space Merchants' series of books. 2nd printing of 1965 edition:- Synopsis: Time: the near future. Place: Madison Avenue, New York. An overcrowded world is dominated by a few unscrupulous advertising agencies who have reduced the population to drug and ad-conditioned consumers. Frederik Pohl and the late C M Kornbluth were both well established as science fiction writers when 'TheSpace Merchants', their first joint effort, appeared. Seldom have two professional authors collaborated with such immediate success:- Review(s): "Has many claims to being the best science fiction novel so far" - Kingsley Amis in 'New Maps Of Hell':- (original cost £0.30). Seller Inventory # 24.023.00005
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The Space Merchants: 1st in the 'Space Merchants' series of books
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Penguin Books, 1984
ISBN 10: 0140022244
ISBN 13: 9780140022247
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Paperback: 7" x 4½"
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Peter Goodfellow (illustrator). 1965 Edition. © 1952: 1st in the 'Space Merchants' series of books. 4th printing of 1965 edition:- Synopsis: Time: the near future. Place: Madison Avenue, New York. An overcrowded world is dominated by a few unscrupulous advertising agencies who have reduced the population to drug and ad-conditioned consumers. Fowler Schocken Associates, who successfully organized India into a single giant cartel, have a new mission - the development and exploitation of Venus. Mitchell Courtenay, star-class copysmith, is chosen to sell it to potential colonists. But the Consies, a subversive conservation group, and a rival ad agency also want Venus, and Courtenay finds himself in the midst of a deadly struggle:- Review(s): "Has many claims to being the best science fiction novel so far" - Kingsley Amis in 'New Maps Of Hell':- (original cost £1.95). Seller Inventory # 11.013.00062
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