The Space Merchants

Pages: 192
Published: 1996
Language: English

Step into a future where advertising reigns supreme and every aspect of life is a commodity. Follow an ad man navigating a world obsessed with consumption, where success means selling anything to anyone, anywhere. This classic satire offers a sharp look at a society drowning in its own manufactured desires.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Satirical Thought-Provoking Dark Intellectual

Morally Grey Anti-Hero

Dystopian Literary Fiction Science Fiction

Authors

Cyril M. Kornbluth

Cyril M. Kornbluth was a writer of sharp, often satirical science fiction. His collection, Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales, showcases his skill with the genre.

Frederik Pohl

Frederik Pohl, Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father held a number of jobs, and his family moved many times in his childhood before settling in Brooklyn when he was about seven. He attended Brooklyn Tech high school, but dropped out and took a job to help support his family. As a teen, he founded the New York science fiction writer's group The Futurians. His first publication, a poem, appeared in Amazing Stories in 1937, when he was 18 years old. In 1936, he joined the Young Commun...