Gladiator-at-Law (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—dystopia
- Time of Work: The near future, no sooner than 2055
- Setting: New York City and environs, including the slums of Belly Rave
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Dystopian fiction
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, New York City, Future, Twenty-first century, Inner cities or inner-city life, Lawyers, Kidnapping, Stocks, Corporations, Brainwashing
- Locales: New York, NY
The Plot
Criminal lawyer Charles Mundin, scraping by on the fringes of a decent life, is contacted by Don and Norma Lavin, 25 percent owners of G.M.L. Corporation, which makes the bubble-house, decent societys ubiquitous housing. G.M.L. double-crossed Don and Norma’s father, inventor of the bubble-house, using his “invention” to manipulate the housing industry. Their father committed suicide. Only through a G.M.L. error did control of their fathers stock come to them. Because G.M.L. cannot risk snatching the stock certificates and trying to explain a forced sale, it...
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