I had always heard SM was a funny novel, a humorous take on Wall Street advertising agencies and corporate culture. Kornbluth, for instance, was rumored to never brush–his teeth were literally green–and he drank black coffee not because he liked it but because writers were “supposed to.” The Space Merchants(originally serialized in Galaxy as “Gravy Planet”) was the first collaboration of many between Kornbluth and Pohl, though their partnership abruptly ended when Kornbluth died at the age of 34 from a heart attack. The pair, which Thomas Disch referred to as “magnificent smart-alecks,” was unique. 1919) and Cyril Kornbluth (1923-1958) first met back in the 30s as members of an influential group of sf fans in New York known as the Futurians (also in the group were Isaac Asimov, Damon Knight, and James Blish). It would cost him at least five thousand dollars for a cure, so it’s simpler for him to go right on drinking Coffiest–three cups with every meal and a pot beside his bed at night, just as it says on the jar.”įrederik Pohl (b. After ten weeks the customer is hooked for life. “But–and here’s what makes this campaign truly great, in my estimation–each sample of Coffiest contains three milligrams of a simple alkaloid. Decrease of IQ was always good news to us. “Increase of population was always good news to us.
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