{"product_id":"stand-on-zanzibar","title":"Stand on Zanzibar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy John Brunner, with a foreword by Bruce Sterling\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe brilliant 1969 Hugo Award–winning novel from John Brunner, now included with a foreword by Bruce Sterling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorman 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a way that echoes John Dos Passos' U.S.A. Trilogy, \u003cem\u003eStand on Zanzibar\u003c\/em\u003e is a cross-section of a world overpopulated by 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the 1969 Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and the British Science Fiction Association Award.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback, 576 pages, published August 16, 2011 by Orb Books. ISBN: 9780765326782. Note: this title is out of print at our distributor — listing reflects available stock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Ink Crypt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49086650482944,"sku":"9780765326782","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/2233\/9584\/files\/ibg.common.titledetail_14.gif?v=1785246301","url":"https:\/\/theinkcrypt.com\/products\/stand-on-zanzibar","provider":"The Ink Crypt","version":"1.0","type":"link"}