Stand on Zanzibar
The Hugo Award-Winning Novel
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4.2 • 51 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The brilliant 1969 Hugo Award-winning novel from John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar, now included with a foreword by Bruce Sterling
Norman Niblock House is a rising executive at General Technics, one of a few all-powerful corporations. His work is leading General Technics to the forefront of global domination, both in the marketplace and politically---it's about to take over a country in Africa. Donald Hogan is his roommate, a seemingly sheepish bookworm. But Hogan is a spy, and he's about to discover a breakthrough in genetic engineering that will change the world...and kill him.
These two men's lives weave through one of science fiction's most praised novels. Written in a way that echoes John Dos Passos' U.S.A. Trilogy, Stand on Zanzibar is a cross-section of a world overpopulated by the billions. Where society is squeezed into hive-living madness by god-like mega computers, mass-marketed psychedelic drugs, and mundane uses of genetic engineering. Though written in 1968, it speaks of now, and is frighteningly prescient and intensely powerful.
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Customer Reviews
Wow- no more dog-eared copy
Great to see this available, one of Brunner's best and a great story. I'll be re-reading this tonight and suggesting it to our kids as well. Thanks!
A Warning
Although written in 1968, this vision of a chaotic and over populated society in 2010 is surprisingly accurate and disturbing. An excellent read.