Now," Kennedy went on, "Here´s my suggestion. We start disseminating word of a colony of Earthmen on Ganymede. Volunteers. A couple o hundred chosen people, brave self-sacrificing men, women and children. Naturally there isn´t any colony there. The Corporation wouldn´t send noncombatants into a militarily unsettled area like Ganymede. But the public doesn´t have to know that. If we make the doings of the colony consistent, if we start believing in it ourselves - then the public will believe in it too. And once we´ve got a firm fisthold on their sympathies, we can do anything with them!"
About the Book
Ted Kennedy, advertising executive for the Ganymede Project, is made aware of a plan for genocide, for the murder of all the peaceful natives of Ganymede in furtherance of commerce...and it is his decision as to whether he collaborates with, facilitates this genocide or - by opposing it, by bringing the truth to the public - he risks not mere failure but utter destruction.
Robert Silverberg´s comment on his novel: ..."it involves a Madison Avenue hoax involving a nonexistent colony on Ganymede being worked up for political purposes, some sort of cynical disinformation campaign of the kind that was science fiction in l958 but is everyday news these days."
Everyday news and, of course, the premise of the successful and frighteningly premonitory film, Wag the Dog.
|
Kindle
Sony Reader
Palm Digital
MS Reader
Adobe Reader
Mobipocket
