The Merchants' War (1984 novel)
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The Merchants' War is a 1984 novel by Frederik Pohl
of a near future commercial dystopian interplanetary society. The novel was a sequel to The Space Merchants
, and was originally co-published with it as VENUS, INC. In the story, the colony on Venus has managed to stabilize itself to a point. However, agents from the trans-national corporations on Earth attempt to undermine the stability of the colony. The story follows the trail of two advertisement company employees from the colony back to Earth, as they struggle with addiction and the truth of the situation back on Earth. As with the preceding book, the characters are not what they seem, and the main character's loyalty changes drastically
Frederik Pohl
Frederik George Pohl, Jr. is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years — from his first published work, "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna" , to his most recent novel, All the Lives He Led .He won the National Book Award in 1980 for his novel Jem...
of a near future commercial dystopian interplanetary society. The novel was a sequel to The Space Merchants
The Space Merchants
The Space Merchants is a science fiction novel, written by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth in 1952. Originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine as a serial entitled Gravy Planet, the novel was first published as a single volume in 1953, and has sold heavily since...
, and was originally co-published with it as VENUS, INC. In the story, the colony on Venus has managed to stabilize itself to a point. However, agents from the trans-national corporations on Earth attempt to undermine the stability of the colony. The story follows the trail of two advertisement company employees from the colony back to Earth, as they struggle with addiction and the truth of the situation back on Earth. As with the preceding book, the characters are not what they seem, and the main character's loyalty changes drastically