A review by outcolder
The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl, C.M. Kornbluth

3.0

After all the hype from Kingsley Amis and others I guess my expectations were too high. It has some pretty cool moments though, the "chicken little" scene for example. The whole premise -- the ad man/ mad men utopia is a workers' dystopia -- is wonderful and makes a good setting for some rich, cynical humor, and yet this book is still very 1950s in a lot of ways. I also felt like it was a bit rushed. The plot especially had a Perils of Pauline feel. But maybe I just wasn't in the right mood.