A plague of pythons

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Frederik Pohl: A plague of pythons (1978, Ballantine Books)

158 pages

English language

Published May 5, 1978 by Ballantine Books.

ISBN:
978-3-452-76906-0
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A grim, dystopian tale of mind control.

I've never really thought of Frederik Pohl as a horror writer, and he isn't; but this comes really close.

A genuinely bleak view of a world plagued by possessions, with a real downer of an ending. The world is well thought-out, but you'd have to be in particular mood for this one.

There's a great deal of violence, but no gore (it's from 1965)