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Help me identify a book series for my mum, lmao!
2 months ago
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Hey folks!
I'm looking to the wisdom of the internet today to track down a book/series of books my mum remembers reading in the 70s or early 80s (so obviously something written contemporary to or before then).
What she remembers: - Reading it around the same time as the Foundation saga by Asimov.
- It takes place in a corporate dystopia of sorts
- Different corporations put drugs in their food and drink products to make their consumers crave THEIR other products specifically. I.e you chew some gum from Corporation A, which makes you crave the soda Corporation A produces, which makes you hungry for a meal Corporation A produces.
That's all there is to go on, which may not be much but the food addiction cycle element feels specific enough to hopefully narrow it down. I tried searching online but most search engines these days are trash, so I'm hoping someone who reads this will be able to give me a real answer. <3
I'm looking to the wisdom of the internet today to track down a book/series of books my mum remembers reading in the 70s or early 80s (so obviously something written contemporary to or before then).
What she remembers: - Reading it around the same time as the Foundation saga by Asimov.
- It takes place in a corporate dystopia of sorts
- Different corporations put drugs in their food and drink products to make their consumers crave THEIR other products specifically. I.e you chew some gum from Corporation A, which makes you crave the soda Corporation A produces, which makes you hungry for a meal Corporation A produces.
That's all there is to go on, which may not be much but the food addiction cycle element feels specific enough to hopefully narrow it down. I tried searching online but most search engines these days are trash, so I'm hoping someone who reads this will be able to give me a real answer. <3
As a librarian, let me see what I can find.
This rings close to me, I remember reading this when I was going through the SciFi Masterworks publications list
The Age of Addiction (2019) by David T. Courtwright ?
edit: All else fails, Analog might give her some more fun things to read?