num_pages: 649
description: Norman 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. These two men's lives weave through one of science fiction's most praised novels. Written in a way that echoes John Dos Passos' U.S.A. Trilogy, "Stand on Zanzibar "is a cross-section of a world overpopulated by the 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 2010, and is frighteningly prescient and intensely powerful.This edition comes with a tipped in collectors' note and an introduction by David Brin.
language: English
title: Stand on Zanzibar
titlecomplete: Stand on Zanzibar
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Hugo Awards, Fantasy, Dystopia
ratings_count: 16297
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: -63129600000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: -31507200000
name: British Science Fiction Association Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 94723200000
name: Prix Tour-Apollo Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Ballantine Books