Norman Niblock House is a rising executive at General Technics one of a few all-powerful corporations. His work is leading General Technics to the forefront of global domination both in the marketplace and politically—it's about to take over a country in Africa. Donald Hogan is his roommate a seemingly sheepish bookworm. But Hogan is a spy and he's about to discover a breakthrough in genetic engineering that will change the world ... and kill him. These two men's lives weave through one of science fiction's most praised novels. Written in a way that echoes John Dos Passos' U.S.A. Trilogy Stand on Zanzibar is a cross-section of a world overpopulated by the billions. Where society is squeezed into hive-living madness by god-like mega computers mass-marketed psychedelic drugs and mundane uses of genetic engineering. Though written in 1968 it speaks of 2010 and is frighteningly prescient and intensely powerful. This edition comes with a tipped in collectors' note and an introduction by David Brin.
