Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner

Winner of the Hugo award for Best Novel in 1969.
Winner of the BSFA award for Best Novel in 1969.
Winner of the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel in 1969.
Winner of the Prix Tour-Apollo Award for Best Novel in 1973.

Norman Niblock House is a rising executive at General Technics, one of a few all-powerful corporations. His work is leading General Technics to the forefront of global domination, both in the marketplace and politically - it's about to take over a country in Africa. Donald Hogan is his roommate, a seemingly sheepish bookworm. But Hogan is a spy, and he's about to discover a breakthrough in genetic engineering that will change the world ... and kill him. These two men's lives weave through one of science fiction's most praised novels. Written in a way that echoes John Dos Passos'
,
is a cross-section of a world overpopulated by the billions. Where society is squeezed into hive-living madness by god-like mega computers, mass-marketed psychedelic drugs, and mundane uses of genetic engineering. Though written in 1968, it speaks of 2010, and is frighteningly prescient and intensely powerful.
This edition comes with a tipped in collectors' note and an introduction by David Brin.

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