Read Gateway years ago, terrific book. I think they are making this one into a tv series.
Where did you hear they were making a TV series of Gateway? That would be fantastic if it was done well.
http://deadline.com/2014/03/gateway-sci-fi-tv-seris-frederick-pohl-classic-696219/I read about it back in March of this year. Unfortunately I don't remember where I read it. Im not making any of this up.
I used the search function to track down "ideas".
The Space Merchants is one of the books I recommend the most. I do not so much regard it as satire as prophecy. All you have to do is watch television and then study technology. I have a Linux book from 2001, it surprised me but did not shock me by talking about the Planned Obsolescence of computer software.
So what has happened since then: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.
And Lo and Behold 9 is coming.
Guess what? It has Virtual Desktops that I have been using on Linux for 12 years. I am so impressed.
Read:
The Screwing of the Average Man (1974) by David Hapgood
http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/rape10.shtml
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006W84KK/?tag=brite-21
and the book is not really satire.
psik
Hell, the Commodore Amiga had virtual desktops. How long ago was that - 30 years?
The total number of distinct desktops does not need to be specified, but is limited to approximately 4 billion total.
Yes, agreed. And the more I think about it, the more I suspect it may be the best SF book I've read. It may not be, but I can't think of an alternative that I am confident is better.I consider Gateway to be among the best single S.F. books...
I consider Gateway to be among the best single S.F. books, and the series to be memorable indeed.
Has anyone read the original Space Merchants and the 'revised' Space Merchants? If so, what did you think of the difference between the two?
As far as I know, he changed older brand/store names to newer names, basically. I'm sure it wasn't an improvement.I have an original copy and re-read it recently. Didn't know there was a revision. I have to say that I found the old novel remarkably relevant and have a tough time imagining what could be changed that would be an improvement.