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Karen Mardahl<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@drahsturgis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>drahsturgis</span></a></span> Wow! After reading the Wikipedia entry for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheSpaceMerchants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSpaceMerchants</span></a>, I see what you mean. Adding it to my TBR list. Thanks!</p>
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖<p>I’m rereading the 1952 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> classic <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheSpaceMerchants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSpaceMerchants</span></a> by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FrederikPohl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrederikPohl</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CMKornbluth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMKornbluth</span></a> before teaching it again this summer. It’s always been compelling, but wow, it hits different in 2025. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VintageScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
Fardels Bear<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.gerwitz.com/users/hans" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hans</span></a></span> </p><p>Fred Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth predicted all this in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheSpaceMerchants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSpaceMerchants</span></a> (1952).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Merchants" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spac</span><span class="invisible">e_Merchants</span></a></p>