Stand on Zanzibar
Ratings18
Average rating3.6
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Ratings18
Average rating3.6
"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].
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I really wanted to like this novel. It's hailed as a classic of the genre and it is indeed bursting with ideas, enough to fill several other novels. But I struggled with it.
The pace is funereally slow. The slang terms used date the novel badly. It's like a late 60's writer's idea of what the language would become. Which is exactly what it is.
So, not for me, but I'm sure others have and will enjoy it.
