The Unincorporated Man: Volume 1

Dani Kollin · Eytan Kollin

Apr 2010 · The Unincorporated Man Book 1 · Macmillan + ORM

About this ebook

Prometheus Award Winner for Best Novel: “Fans of SF as a vehicle for ideas will devour this intriguing debut.” —Publishers Weekly

In the wake of complete economic collapse, a reborn civilization has arisen. It is one in which every individual is incorporated at birth, and spends many years trying to attain control over his or her own life by getting a majority of his or her own shares. Life extension has made life very long indeed.

Now the incredible has happened: A billionaire businessman named Justin Cord, frozen in secret in the long-ago early twenty-first century, has been discovered and resurrected, given health and a vigorous younger body. Justin is the only unincorporated man in the world, a true stranger in this strange land. He survived because he’s tough and smart. And he cannot accept only part ownership of himself, even if that places him in conflict with a civilization that extends outside the solar system to the Oort Cloud . . .

“The clash between today’s cultural values and those of a vividly imagined future has never been more compelling . . . The Kollin brothers’ debut captivates with unforgettable characters and an ingenious vision of the economic future.” —Booklist

“A bright, stimulating work that deserves a wide readership.” —Gregory Benford, New York Times–bestselling author of Foundation’s Fear

“Reminiscent of Heinlein—a good, old-fashioned, enormously appealing SF yarn.” —Robert J. Sawyer, Nebula Award–winning author of The Downloaded

Ratings and reviews

If ambitious professionals now seem to be unreasonably mortgaging their lives to pay school expenses, it may be nothing compared to what happens when it becomes a requirement of the state. This novel has popular scifi themes, including reanimation, liberation, space, nanotech, biotech, and big Neuro net. A world which had achieved long-sought automation of labor still managed to almost completely self-destruct.due to ethnic hatred. The memory of values from that era is locked in a capsule in the body of Justin Cord who becomes a temporal immigrant in a future that is simultaneously awesome and outrageous. Fortunately it brings a romantic partner in Dr. Neela Harper. Economic issues are at the center of the plot. Corporatism controls people’s lives throughout the solar system, GCI being the major one that demonstrates the evils to Cord. Folks trade stock in eachothers’ futures including selling relatives short. The resulting political parties include at least one which includes violence in its measures. The detail is reminiscent of Dune or the Foundation series. There are 16 long chapters, in which each of half a dozen major characters show up, and an epilogue, all told in the third person by the sibling author pair. Thanks.

The unincorporated man is one of the most interesting books that I have read in some time. Once I started reading it, I just could not put it down. The authors bring you into this future world, all the while, giving you everything you need to believe it could be real. The characters are full of life and fleshed out. It is SYFY without being too weird. I am half way through the follow on book “The Unincorporated War” which has the same style of plausible writing. If you like the human struggle, romance, technology, war, politics, etc. read both of the books.

Never judge a book by it's cover. This book was such a fun read that had all the ingredients that you could ever want in a action-packed science fiction novel. It's got time travel it's got genetic engineering it's got gun fights sentient robots it's got just about every Trope you could imagine and yet still remains fresh.

About the author

Dani Kollin lives in Los Angeles, California. Eytan Kollin lives in Pasadena, California. They are brothers, and The Unincorporated Man is their first novel.