{"product_id":"9781429978842","title":"Stand on Zanzibar: The Hugo Award-Winning Novel","description":"Test2-MacmillanNonDRM-\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant 1969 Hugo Award-winning novel from John Brunner, \u003ci\u003eStand on Zanzibar, \u003c\/i\u003enow included with a foreword by Bruce Sterling\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorman 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.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese 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, \u003ci\u003eStand on Zanzibar \u003c\/i\u003eis 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 now, and is frighteningly prescient and intensely powerful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tor Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127465394416,"sku":"9781429978842","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429978842_p0.jpg?v=1763751301","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429978842","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}