Stand on Zanzibar

By John Brunner

Subjects: Science fiction, award:hugo_award=novel, Hugo Award Winner, Long Now Manual for Civilization, award:hugo_award=1969, Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction in English

Description: "Originally published in 1968, Stand on Zanzibar was a breakthrough in science fiction storytelling technique, and a prophetic look at a dystopian 2010 that remains compelling today. Corporations have usurped democracy, ubiquitous information technology mediates human relationships, mass-marketed psychosomatic drugs keep billions docile, and genetic engineering is routine. Universal in reach, the world-system is out of control, and we are all its victims...and its creator"--Cover p. [4].