A cynical and compelling tale of politics, exploitation and colonisation on anot
her planet The discovery of another habitable world might spell salvation to the
three bitterly competing power blocs of the resource-starved 21st century; but
when their representatives arrive on Jem, with its multiple intelligent species,
they discover instead the perfect situation into which to export their rivalrie
s. Subtitled, with savage irony, 'The Making of a Utopia', JEM is one of Frederi
k Pohl's most powerful novels.