The Syndic

by C. M. Kornbluth

Paperback, 1978

Status

Available

Call number

823.91

Publication

Sphere (1978), Paperback, 160 pages

Description

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Syndic. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by C.M. Kornbluth, which is now, at last, again available to you.Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have The Syndic in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW.Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside The Syndic: Look inside the book: 'Before it ended North America was to see deeds as gallant and strategy as inspired as any in the history of war: Cleveland's historic announcement'It's a great day for the race 'his death at the head of his runners in a charge on the Fort Totten garrison, the firm hand of Amadeo Falcaro taking up the scattered reins of leadership, parley, peace, betrayal and execution of hostages, the Treaty of Las Vegas and a united Mob-Syndic front against Government, O'Toole's betrayal of the Continental Press wire room and the bloody battle to recapture that crucial nerve center, the decisive march on Baltimore....'...I haven't a farthing to my name and here's this chap in the village telling me to clear out of Fallowfield that I got from my father and his father before him… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member clong
This was an entertaining book that kept giving hints that it was about to turn into fullblown "golden age" adolescent male pulp fantasy, only to take a surprising turn instead.

The book is set in a post apocalyptic near future, but in this case splitting the atom wasn't the culprit. Corrupt,
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incompetent Governments everywhere have falled, to be replaced by a mix of anarchy and organized crime. An exiled US Government still plots to return to power in a North America control of which has been split between two crime families, the "Mob" in the west and the "Syndic" in the East. Our protagonist Charles is a minor Syndic family member who is sent to uncover the government in exile's most recent plot.

It's easy to come to the book expecting that our protagonist will learn that Government by Organized Crime is wrong, and somehow help to engineer a successful return of Representative Democracy, but that's not at all what Kornbluth has in mind.

In the end we're left with a message something like "People are people, whatever side they are on. 'Isms' aren't inherently superior, and blindly fighting for a cause is likely to do more harm than good." Not a bad message for the post partisan world into which some of us hope we may move.
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LibraryThing member DinadansFriend
I'm fond of this book, even though it is relatively ancient. A distopian future in which everything is run by the Mob. It is the perfection of capitalism. The body count is very small.
LibraryThing member mlsestak
I just cannot decide whether this is supposed to be a possible future, or whether the story is occurring in an alternate universe. I don't think you could find enough people to actually create a society who are as laissez faire as the syndicalists, or as stubbornly supportive of even an oppressive
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government as the other folks in this story. And I am absolutely sure that the goddess worshipers just could not exist in this universe. Yet, there are certainly many people who think at least one of these three alternate ways of life should work and would want to push society in all three of these directions.
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1953-10

Physical description

160 p.; 17.8 cm

ISBN

0722153325 / 9780722153321

Local notes

Omslag: Ikke angivet
Omslaget viser en højteknologisk tarzan-type
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
(Sphere science fiction)
Cyril M. Kornbluth
Gutenberg, bind 41714

Pages

160

Rating

(38 ratings; 3.3)

DDC/MDS

823.91
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