Alongside Night
Author	J. Neil Schulman
Language	English
Subject(s)	Agorism
Genre(s)	Speculative Fiction
Publisher	Crown Publishers
Publication date	October 16, 1979
ISBN	1-58445-120-3
OCLC Number	43026939

Alongside Night (ISBN 1-58445-120-3) is a Prometheus Award winning libertarian and anarchist dystopian novel by science fiction writer J. Neil Schulman first published in 1979 by Crown Publishers. Subsequent paperback editions have been released by Ace Books in 1982, Avon Books in 1987, Pulpless.com in 1999, and Amazon Kindle in 2009. The book focuses on the character of Elliot, the son of a fictional economist and Nobel Laureate, and his experiences in a police state United States in the near future. The book was dedicated to Samuel Edward Konkin III and is based on his political philosophy of Agorism.

[edit] Plot

The story is set in United States on the brink of economic collapse, where inflation is spiraling out of control and the government struggles to keep hold of its power. Trading in foreign currency has become illegal and many shops are subject to rationing. As a result there is a sprawling black market for almost all conceivable goods. The setting reflects the world as Samuel Edward Konkin III conceived it would be just prior to a successful Agorist revolution.

The protagonist, Eliot Vreeland, opposes the government, and joins a terrorist group intent on destabilizing the US government through counter-economics. As the novel progresses, government stability weakens still further, and they bring in tight controls on communication, travel and trade, however they fail to avert total collapse, leading to the private sector (unions, individuals, syndicates and many others) taking control of the old infrastructure.

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