Space merchants

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Space merchants

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Frederick Pohl (1919-2013) - American writer, winner of numerous awards: Hugo, Nebula, Locus, the John Campbell and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Prizes ... Being an ardent fan of science fiction, at the age of 19 he, together with Isaac Asimov, Cyril Kornblat, Damon Knight, founded the society Futurians and began to publish and edit the magazines Astounding Stories and Super Science Stories, which published many future "monsters" of science fiction. F. Paul's editorial work quickly gained recognition among professionals, but his writing fame came in 1952 with the release of Space Traders, and since 1972 many awards have followed - both for novels and for small form. Frederick Paul brilliantly shuffles genres and literary movements: journalism, children's sci-fi, adventure and social science fiction, but he achieves the greatest effect by describing pictures of the disturbing "near future", where giant trading corporations completely suppressed the voice of a free individual, and advertising replaced the culture of the inhabitants of the Earth - a world of triumphant capitalism where The Truman Show meets The Matrix and Dark City...

Barcode: 9785171190675 SKU: 70145351 Category:
Publication language: Russian

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