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090			_a82-312.9 _bP78
100			_aPohl F.
245			_aMidas World: A Novel _cFrederik Pohl
250			_aFirst edition
260			_aNew York _bSt. Martin's Press _c1983
300			_a276 p.
520			_aWhen Amalfi Amadeus perfected the fusion reactor, he became a living legend. And the world, taking the limitless energy Amadeus had given it, blossomed. With power to spare, technology found a million new applications; robots manned the busy factories, and everyone on earth had more than he or she could possibly use. It was a dream come true... almost. Every pipeline has two ends, and soon the avalanche of products being manufactured by the robot industries threatens to bury mankind in luxury. The "poor" become frantic consumers as they try to eat, drink, and wear the endless supply of goods. Only the wealthy are permitted the leisure of working, of keeping old possessions. Eventually robots themselves are programmed to be consumers and drain off the flood of things: Robot muggers chase robot victims, while drunken robot cripples beg for change. But the new, precarious balance of supply and demand is endangered by beserk consumers like SonnyTrumie, who satisfies his infantile whims by commissioning gingerbread palaces and fleets of battleships. Others, like Michael Pellica-Perkins, live in colossal orbiting "habitats" and amuse themselves with "hunts" for low-intelligence mineral robots. Its natural resources nearly depleted, the earth becomes a scorching, yellow wasteland, until, at last, a lone scientist plots to cut off the power and save the planet. In Midas World, veteran science fiction writer Frederik Pohl has fashioned a brilliant, darkly satiric novel about a future ruined by inexhaustable plenty. - “The Midas Plague.” - “The Servant of the People.” - “The Man Who Ate the World.” - “The Farmer on the Dole.” - “The Lord of the Skies.” - “The New Neighbors.”
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