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From: wrd@tekigm2.UUCP (Bill Dippert)
Newsgroups: net.books,net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: review, Frederik Pohl's "The Merchants' War"
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Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 10:28:32 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 13 10:28:32 1986
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In article <946@ism780c.UUCP>, geoff@ism780c.UUCP (Geoff Kimbrough) writes:
> In article <381@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> norman@batcomputer.UUCP (Norman Ramsey) writes:
> >In article <220@msudoc.UUCP> ctj@msudoc.UUCP (Chris Johnson) writes:
> >>Frederik Pohl's "The Merchants' War"
> >>Blurb:  Great advertising agencies still dominate the world and control
> >
> >Would someone knowledgable care to comment on the relationship between this
> >work and Pohl and Kornbluth's classic _The_Space_Merchants_?
> 
> Ok, TMW is two (two! two! books in one!) books in one binding.  Part One
> IS _The Space Merchants_, and part Two is the sequel.  I haven't seen
> the sequel (sorry, the (sub)title escapes me) published separately.
> Maybe the publisher thought that understanding the sequel depended too much
> on having read TSM, or maybe TSM was out of print.  The sequel didn't seem
> *to*me* (hint: opinion) to be as good as TSM, but I can still recommend it.
> (I've been recommending _The_Space_Merchants_ for years as required
> reading for anyone considering a career in marketing.)
> 
> Geoffrey Kimbrough -- No one in Particular
> ihnp4!allegra!ima!geoff
> sdcrdcf!ism780c!geoff
I just recently purchased "The Merchants' War" and NO, NO, NO, it did not
include "The Space Merchants" as "part one".  TMW is a separate book!!!

Caveat:  I purchased both as pocket books, the hard back editions may be
different.  BUT:  the pocket books are two separate books, not both bound
together.

--Bill--