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Sequel to: The space merchants. A group of rebels on Venus reject the control of the powerful advertising agencies and strive to prevent becoming warped by consumerism.Tags
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What a great book! Clear, concise, and oh-so-unsympathetic to the advertising culture of now! What's fiction about this besides the space travel? The thinly veiled sarcasm of the author's tone, the true-to-life travails of our main character as he hits his downfall, and the brilliant and biting cynicism all combine to make this a quickly readable book. Best read with prequel but not impossible to understand.
Tennison Tarb, el narrador, es un ejecutivo publicitario, en misión diplomática en Venus, planeta que rechaza las prácticas publicitarias desatadas de la Tierra. Pero le queda poco para volver a la Tierra de nuevo. Sin embargo, un incidente lo cambiará todo y su regreso se acelerará. Ya en la Tierra, asistiremos a una trama publicitaria que envolverá a Tarb en un descenso a los infiernos.
‘La guerra de los mercaderes’ es la continuación, treinta años después, del clásico ‘Mercaderes del espacio’, esta vez escrito únicamente por Frederik Pohl, ya que C.M. Kornbluth falleció en 1958. En ‘La guerra de los mercaderes’, Pohl nos describe una sociedad absorbida totalmente por la publicidad, donde gran parte de la show more población sufre la adicción de ciertos productos, y malvive a base de nutrientes de calidad ínfima.
Sin llegar a la calidad de ‘Mercaderes del espacio’, esta continuación sufre de ciertos altibajos, aunque se lee bien. Entretenida sin más. show less
‘La guerra de los mercaderes’ es la continuación, treinta años después, del clásico ‘Mercaderes del espacio’, esta vez escrito únicamente por Frederik Pohl, ya que C.M. Kornbluth falleció en 1958. En ‘La guerra de los mercaderes’, Pohl nos describe una sociedad absorbida totalmente por la publicidad, donde gran parte de la show more población sufre la adicción de ciertos productos, y malvive a base de nutrientes de calidad ínfima.
Sin llegar a la calidad de ‘Mercaderes del espacio’, esta continuación sufre de ciertos altibajos, aunque se lee bien. Entretenida sin más. show less
A visionary and engaging imagining of the future of consumer culture that has only grown more accurate since it was written. It reads like Forest Gump meets Idiocracy, except better.
Good old Pohl satire and quite the cliff-hanger. Don't expect much on the personality of the characters - the plotting is the vehicle.
Um excelente final, mas um pouco fastidioso até chegar lá. Os publicitários q façam uma cuidada introspecção sobre os exageros q por vezes cometem. A lei do quem sobrevive é o mais forte nesta selva urbana continua a ser cada vez mais uma realidade, especialmente em tempos de crise económica severa
sequel to The Space Merchants.Some 50-60 years in the future. Filled with casual sex[not graphic or anything] and the problems of commercialism. Ending was lame in my opinion.
do *not* reread 'first' book... see others' reviews why it's best enjoyed for itself
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Frederik Pohl was born in New York City on November 26, 1919. More interested in writing than in school, he dropped out of high school in his senior year and took a job with a publishing company. After serving as a public relations officer in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945, he returned to publishing as copywriter for Popular Science, a show more literary agent for several sci-fi writers, and the editor for the magazines Galaxy and If from 1959 until 1969, with If winning three successive Hugo awards. His first published work, a poem entitled Elegy to a Dead Satellite: Luna, was printed in Amazing Stories magazine in 1937 under the pen name Elton Andrews. His first science fiction novels were published in the mid 1960's, some written in collaboration with other writers, others created alone. During his lifetime, he won over 16 major awards for his writing (much of which was published pseudonymously) including six Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. His works include Gateway, which won the Campbell Memorial, Hugo, Locus SF, and Nebula Awards, Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, and Jem, which won the National Book Award in 1979. He also embraced blogging in his later years, using his online journal as an ongoing sequel to his autobiography, The Way the Future Was. He died on September 2, 2013 at the age 93. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Merchants' War
- Original title
- The Merchants' War
- Original publication date
- 1984
- People/Characters
- Tennison Tarb; Mitzi Ku
- Important places
- Venus
- Epigraph
- Why do I write satire? Ask, instead, how can I help it?
-- Juvenal - Dedication
- For John and David
and for
Ann, Karen, Fred the Fourth and Kathy
with abiding love - First words*
- Die Frau war eine Nulpe.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Aber sie haben begonnen, die Shuttles in Arizona wieder zu entladen, und der Monolith hat angefangen, Risse zu zeigen.
- Original language*
- Englisch
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