Midas World
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: worn/faded. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Name penned on fep. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A sharp and witty work of science fiction satire, Midas World by Frederik Pohl presents a future society turned on its head — where energy is so abundant that consumption becomes a duty, and poverty means being forced to gorge on luxury. The collection of interconnected stories chronicles the lives of those crushed beneath the weight of surplus, arguing with biting wit that unlimited plenty is no utopia at all. Pohl, a Grand Master of science fiction, illustrates how the mechanisms of capitalism and class inequality persist even when scarcity is eliminated, simply inverting who suffers. With razor-sharp social commentary and darkly comic storytelling, Midas World stands as one of the genre's most inventive and enduring critiques of consumer culture and economic absurdity.
Author: Frederik Pohl
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Gollancz
Genre: Science fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: worn/faded. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Name penned on fep. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A sharp and witty work of science fiction satire, Midas World by Frederik Pohl presents a future society turned on its head — where energy is so abundant that consumption becomes a duty, and poverty means being forced to gorge on luxury. The collection of interconnected stories chronicles the lives of those crushed beneath the weight of surplus, arguing with biting wit that unlimited plenty is no utopia at all. Pohl, a Grand Master of science fiction, illustrates how the mechanisms of capitalism and class inequality persist even when scarcity is eliminated, simply inverting who suffers. With razor-sharp social commentary and darkly comic storytelling, Midas World stands as one of the genre's most inventive and enduring critiques of consumer culture and economic absurdity.