The Unincorporated Man
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.24 (900 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0765358638 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 720 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Justin survived because he is tough and smart. The incredible has happened. A billionaire businessman from our time, frozen in secret in the early 21st century, is discovered in the far future and resurrected, given health and a vigorous younger body. He cannot accept only part ownership of himself, even if that places him in conflict with a civilization that extends outside the solar system to the Oort Cloud.Dani and Eytan Kollin's The Unincorporated Man is a provocative social/political/economic novel that people will be arguing about for decades.. Life extension has made life very long indeed.Justin Cord is the only unincorporated man in the world, a true stranger in this strange land. He awakens into a civilization in which every individual is formed into a legal corporation at birth, and spends
DL Mom said An insightful glimpse into a very different future. Excellent, insightful book with an interesting premise. The author does a great job of setting up a future that is hard to envision, not because of violence or economic collapse, but of loss of personal freedom at its core. Certainly a page turner!. SF Fans: Incorporate This One Into Your Summer Reading List All in all "The Unincorporated Man" is a refreshing, good read. It's nice to read some science fiction that doesn't fall squarely into the Space Opera or Science Run Amok categories.Justin Cord is revived after 300 years in a cryogenic sleep to a new world where his cancer can be easily cured and his b. Sci Fi for Everyone This book made me think again about the concepts of progress and freedom. The future economic world that the Kollin brothers create is both compelling and scary. The writing is sometimes very creative "Well that was a masterful job of climbing Mount Analogy, but what does it mean?" and sometimes provoc
This is anathema to the defiantly individualistic Cord, who soon becomes a danger to the corporations that control the world and a symbol of freedom to the downtrodden penny-stock people. Their cerebral style will especially appeal to readers nostalgic for science fiction's early years. From Publishers Weekly Fans of SF as a vehicle for ideas will devour this intriguing debut. . Cord's conversations with friends and enemies fill most of the book, alongside lectures on the mechanisms of the incorporated culture. The Kollin brothers keep the plot moving briskly despite the high proportion of talk to action. Brilliant 21st-century tycoon Justin Cord is brought from cryogenic storage into a 24th-century society where people own stock in one another, safeguarding each other's welfare only out of economic self-interest. All rights reserved. (Apr.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc