# Looking for SF Novel **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [December 27, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-sf-novel/977149 "2022-12-27T04:29:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-sf-novel/977149/1 "2022-12-27T04:29:46Z")
Read an SF novel several years ago (sometime in the 2000-2010 range, I think) and would like to get a copy again. As best as I can recall, it was about some advertising guy who, in an attempt to further his career, intersects with a local gang (in New York?) who features into his latest ad campaign, and quite successfully. I _think_ the title was something like ‘Bodekker’s (something)’, but I could be totally whiffing even that vague title. Any help? ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-sf-novel/977149/2 "2022-12-27T04:34:20Z")
And of course I find it within 2 minutes of posting this. _Boddecker’s Demons_, for those who are curious. Mods, please close and/or delete this completely unnecessary thread. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-sf-novel/977149/3 "2022-12-27T07:11:06Z")
Turn it into a discussion thread. What did you like about it that you want to read it twenty years later? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-sf-novel/977149/4 "2022-12-27T10:42:00Z")
We’ll leave it open. It wil probably just fade away. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-sf-novel/977149/5 "2022-12-27T17:54:08Z")
At first glance it sounds pretty interesting: > **[Boddekker's Demons](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1081745.Boddekker_s_Demons)** > > Boddekker's not just a faceless copywriter anymore, grinding out ads for VR simulators and mood/attitude orienters.  Now he's the "five-h... ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-sf-novel/977149/6 "2022-12-27T21:34:22Z")
Hmmm, what made me remember this one? Y’know, I don’t know. It’s not a contender for The Great American Novel. It’s not even an old favorite of mine. It just randomly popped into my head. Obviously, I didn’t try very hard to find it (or maybe didn’t even _try_) before posting here, since I immediately found it afterward just on the strength of remembering the ‘Boddekker’ from the title, even misspelled. My brother lent it to me, along with _Jennifer Government_, another fun read about corporate advertising affecting our future. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-sf-novel/977149/7 "2022-12-28T15:53:46Z")
If you want a classic about a world dominated by advertising gone mad, try ‘The Space Merchants’ by Pohl and Kornbluth. It was written in 1953 and is extremely dated in some ways, but still very entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-sf-novel/977149/8 "2022-12-28T18:51:29Z")
For future such queries, may I suggest: [Ask the guy who is pretty good at SF Story Identification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-pretty-good-at-sf-story-identification/462417)