A review by wynwicket
The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl

4.0

What was science fiction in 1952 could almost read as contemporary fiction today: a world in which big business controls the wealth and the government, advertisements in the media control people's minds, and interpersonal relationships are based on what someone can do for you... In the middle of this, one corporation is trying to colonize Venus as a publicity stunt.

Very cynical, very prophetic -- a good, if not a happy read. And definitely does not feel like it's 60 years old.