false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169578945m/41069.jpg 41069 20 There are seven billion-plus humans crowding the surface of 21st century Earth. It is an age of intelligent computers, mass-market psychedelic drugs, politics conducted by assassination, scientists who burn incense to appease volcanoes ... all the hysteria of a dangerously overcrowded world, portrayed in a dazzlingly inventive style. 2184253 book 1968 Stand on Zanzibar total:324|5:118|4:123|3:62|2:15|1:6| 324 1304 607 37 5 2 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1969 Fri May 02 10:29:33 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 11:19:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jun 02 09:45:21 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 18:40:26 -0700 2008
'Stand on Zanzibar' is told in a very modern style that could be off-putting to some, although ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Sat Oct 20 12:15:01 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 12:20:55 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 08:41:09 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 08:51:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1975 Fri Dec 26 00:55:38 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 09:07:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 09:40:27 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 13:32:37 -0700 2009
there was a LOT going on, and sometimes it was hard to keep track of. but i think that wouldn't have been a problem if i had read it over a shorter period of time.

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i picked this up relatively recently, aware that it had a certain reputation as a classic of the genre, but also expecting it to have aged relatively badly, like many classics of the time. i was aiming to fill ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 23:51:32 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 06 16:10:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984 Fri Jan 02 18:35:19 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 18:41:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 12:09:50 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 07:01:50 -0800 2009 One drawback is everyone seems to talk in British slang, though the bulk of the book is set in a future New York.
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