Retro Review - "We Purchased People" (1974) by Frederik Pohl - up on Fantastic Worlds
Introduction:
Frederik Pohl (b. 1919) is a grand master of science fiction, most famous for his novel (co-written with C. M. Kornbluth) The Space Merchants (1952), which was one of the first American science fictional examples of a corporate-dominated future society; and his "Gateway" stories about humans exploring the relic interstellar travel system left by the vanshed Heechee. This is a short but powerful story about a man who has been enslaved to aliens.
Synopsis:
Not so far in the future -- perhaps some time in the early 21st century -- several races of interstellar aliens have made contact with Earth by tachyonic radio, and rather than send starships or build android agents, have instead adapted a naturally-occurring resource to their ends: human beings.
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Frederik Pohl (b. 1919) is a grand master of science fiction, most famous for his novel (co-written with C. M. Kornbluth) The Space Merchants (1952), which was one of the first American science fictional examples of a corporate-dominated future society; and his "Gateway" stories about humans exploring the relic interstellar travel system left by the vanshed Heechee. This is a short but powerful story about a man who has been enslaved to aliens.
Synopsis:
Not so far in the future -- perhaps some time in the early 21st century -- several races of interstellar aliens have made contact with Earth by tachyonic radio, and rather than send starships or build android agents, have instead adapted a naturally-occurring resource to their ends: human beings.
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Read the rest at
http://fantasticworlds-jordan179.blogspot.com/2012/07/retro-review-we-purchased-people-1974.html