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Pohl rarely fails to entertain. He has written plenty of straight stories, like his alien encounter series beginning with Gateway, but it’s probably for the dry humour of books like The Space Merchants (with Cyril Kornbluth) that he is best known.

Gateway -
A cynical view of how we might treat alien technology. Gateway has us discovering an abandoned Heechee spacecraft. It's used in a galactic treasure hunt, gathering artefacts. However, it's not a pure adventure as the hero is not exactly the swashbuckling type as he spends much of his time talking to a computerised therapist.

with Cyril M. Kornbluth
Gladiator at Law -
A classic Pohl and Kornbluth theme of the successful middle manager thrown on the scrapheap in a society which is very unpleasant under the surface. Norvell Bligh designs the spectacles at the arena, where human suffering has become an entertainment. When his contract is terminated, he find himself in the nightmare district of Belly Rave, having to fight for his life. Along with a failed advocate and the unrecognised heir to the Lavin billions he leads a fight against the corporate might of GML. Fresh, fast and furious. New 27 March 98

The Merchants' War -
A late sequel to the Space Merchants, Pohl and Kornbluth's classic. With Earth dominated by the advertising agencies, the small Venus colony is trying with limited success to free itself from rampant consumerism. Ruthless ad agency man Tennison Tarb is posted to Venus to undermine the rebels, but he falls prey to a new form of advertising and becomes addicted to a soft drink, finding his career crumbling about him. Not quite up to Space Merchants, but still and excellent combination of humour and an adventure romp. New 27 March 98

with Cyril M. Kornbluth

The Space Merchants -
Simply one of the best ever, the Space Merchants shows us a world where advertising has taken over and a few unscrupulous corporates rule. Most of the people are reduced to near-mindless consumers. Copy writer Mitchell Courtney is given a tough job - selling the terrible hell-hole of Venus to potential colonists. But a subversive conservation group and a rival ad agency also want Venus and Courtney finds control slipping away. It's a hilarious black comedy with action adventure thrown in, and wonderfully prefigures both the modern concern over globalization and the hi-tech advertising of Blade Runner and Minority Report. New 10 July 2003

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