Our Friends from Frolix 8

Our Friends from Frolix 8

Author: Philip K. Dick

Publisher:

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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"In the 22nd century Earth was controlled by a cabal of genetic freaks, superior to "normal" men because of their powers of telepathy and precognition. Mere ordinary men didn't have a chance. Suddenly, however, there was a ray of hope--Thors Provoni was coming back. Provoni had stolen a spaceship, escaped from Earth and gone out to the stars in search of another intelligent race that would help end the slavery of homo sapiens--he had been given up as lost. He was coming back now with representative of a powerful alien race that would champion the rights of man. Who was this inhuman savior? And what was the price of this friend from Frolix 8?"--Page 4 of cover.


We Can Build You

We Can Build You

Author: Philip K. Dick

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 067975296X

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Louis Rosen and his partners sell people--ingeniously designed, historically authentic simulacra of personages such as Edwin M. Stanton and Abraham Lincoln. The problem is that the only prospective buyer is a rapacious billionaire whose plans for the simulacra could land Louis in jail. Then there's the added complication that someone--or something--like Abraham Lincoln may not want to be sold. Is an electronic Lincoln any less alive than his creators? Is a machine that cares and suffers inferior to the woman Louis loves--a borderline psychopath who does neither? With irresistible momentum, intelligence, and wit, Philip K. Dick creates an arresting techno-thriller that suggests a marriage of Bladerunner and Barbarians at the Gate.


Our Friends From Frolix 8

Our Friends From Frolix 8

Author: Philip K. Dick

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2013-04-16

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 0547725760

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By the author of A Scanner Darkly—a satirical adventure dealing with issues of power, class, and politics, set in a world ruled by big-brained elites. In Our Friends from Frolix 8, the world is run by an elite few. And what determines whether one is part of the elite isn’t wealth or privilege, but brains. As children, every citizen of Earth is tested; some are found to be super-smart New Men and some are Unusuals, with various psychic powers. The vast majority are Undermen, performing menial jobs in an overpopulated world. Nick Appleton is an Underman, content to go with the flow and eke out an existence as a tire regroover. But after his son is classified as an Underman, Appleton begins to question the hierarchy. Strengthening his resolve, and energizing the resistance movement, is news that the great resistance leader Thors Provoni is returning from a trip to the furthest reaches of space. And he’s brought help: a giant, indestructible alien


The Cosmic Puppets

The Cosmic Puppets

Author: Philip K. Dick

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 0547572387

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A fantastical, fast-paced science fiction novel of mystery and action from award-winning novelist Philip K. Dick.


Solar Lottery

Solar Lottery

Author: Philip K. Dick

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1400030137

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Hired to work for Quizmaster Verrick, the man in charge of the strange game in which the ruler of the Universe is selected, Ted Bentley is unaware that Leon Cartwright, the man destined to take over Verrick's job, is targeted for assassination or that Verrick is plotting to resume control of a not-so-random universe. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.


The World Jones Made

The World Jones Made

Author: Philip K. Dick

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 0547572654

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What if you could see into the future? Award-winning author Philip K. Dick examines precognition in this influential novel.


Nick and the Glimmung

Nick and the Glimmung

Author: Philip K Dick

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2015-09-10

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 057513304X

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Nick and his family are forced to leave Earth in order for him to keep his cat, Horace - because all pets are now banned, as they use up badly needed resources. They settle on Plowman's Planet, where they discover a variety of strange and wonderful alien lifeforms. But not all of these weird lifeforms are benevolent - and the family is involved in a series of increasingly dangerous mishaps. Can Horace and Nick manage to outwit the Wub, the Werjes, the Trobes - and the most dangerous of all, the Glimmung? Philip K. Dick's only children's book, first published after his death, brings together many of his most famous alien creations in one gently humorous tale.


The Crack in Space

The Crack in Space

Author: Philip K. Dick

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 0547572999

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When a repairman accidentally discovers a parallel universe, everyone sees it as an opportunity, whether as a way to ease Earth's overcrowding, set up a personal kingdom, or hide an inconvenient mistress. But when a civilization is found already living there, the people on this side of the crack are sent scrambling to discover their motives. Will these parallel humans come in peace, or are they just as corrupt and ill-intentioned as the people of this world?


The Penultimate Truth

The Penultimate Truth

Author: Philip K. Dick

Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 9780881844931

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After U.S. survivors have worked diligently in underground warrens for fifteen years, they begin to doubt the government's pronouncements about the progress of a nuclear war