Stand on Zanzibar (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: John Brunner
- First Published: 1968
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—dystopia
- Time of Work: The early twenty-first century, after 2010
- Setting: Various places in the United States, especially in and around New York City and Los Angeles, California; and the imaginary nations of Yatakang and Beninia
- 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, California, Los Angeles, West, U.S., Mental illness, Kidnapping, Bioengineering or biotechnology, Artificial intelligence
- Locales: New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Mythical lands
The Plot
Norman House, an African American executive with the massive General Technics corporation (GT), becomes manager of the Beninia project, through which GT plans to salvage its investment in the Mid-Atlantic Mining Project by turning the sleepy capital of Beninia, Port Mey, into a deepwater port and ore-processing complex. As the project develops, however, GT’s supercomputer Shalmaneser begins to predict failure.
Meanwhile, Norman’s roommate, Donald Hogan, previously on the government payroll as an independent researcher and a student of the Yatakang language,...
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