Series
Space Merchants
Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth · 2 novels · 1953–1984
The Space Merchants (1953) is a satirical science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth that follows an advertising executive navigating a future where aggressive consumer capitalism has swallowed politics and daily life. The authors reunited three decades later for a direct sequel, The Merchants' War (1984), returning to the same satirical world. Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
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Stats
By decade
- 1950s1
- 1960s0
- 1970s0
- 1980s1
Shape
2 novels
2 authors · completed series
reads like:dystopiaclass conflictvenus & inner planetsnear futuredarkadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book2 of 2 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Space Merchantsdarkest · calmest
- The Merchants' Warbrightest · most intense