Advertising, media, and consumer life

5 books

And Then the Town Took OffRichard Wilson · 1960A 1960 science fiction novel in which the town of Superior, Ohio, mysteriously rises two miles into the air and announces it has seceded from Earth. Stranded there, Don Cort must find a way to bring the town back down.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Tunnel Under the WorldFrederik Pohl · 1955A science fiction novelette by Frederik Pohl, first published in 1955, about Guy Burckhardt, an advertising man who wakes from a nightmare of an explosion to find his ordinary town strangely altered, with strangers pushing odd products and coworkers oddly absent.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The vidiotIb Melchior · 1958A 1958 science fiction short story by Ib Melchior, "The Vidiot" follows Don Hartley, an ambitious young television technician who, while experimenting with a camera setup for a live space opera broadcast, discovers he can see through a black backdrop into a spaceship.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The winner and new...Ib Melchior · 1959A 1959 science fiction short story about a televised quiz show in which contestants answer questions about Mars and stamp collecting, and the winner becomes the new President of the United States.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Toy ShopHarry Harrison · 1962A 1962 science fiction short story by Harry Harrison in which two inventors, unable to interest anyone in their anti-gravity discovery, sell disguised toy rocketships to scientists and engineers, counting on a supposedly impossible effect to puzzle them into investigating it.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية