The Ganymede Takeover

The Ganymede Takeover
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0575133120
ISBN-13 : 9780575133129
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ganymede Takeover by : Philip K. Dick

Earth has been taken over by the Ganymedians, a race of telepathic worm-like aliens whose instinct for survival has overridden any human attempt to resist their rule. There is one man who may have discovered a way to defeat them. Dr Balkani has created a machine which distorts reality, and therefore will allow a determined human to avoid the Ganymedians' telepathic oversight. But, there is one problem - Balkani is a worm-kisser, a servant of the invaders, and may not allow his invention to be used against them.

An Age of Fortunes

An Age of Fortunes
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Publisher : Arrow
Total Pages : 462
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ISBN-10 : 0099219301
ISBN-13 : 9780099219309
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis An Age of Fortunes by : Walter Hegarty

The Ganymede Takeover

The Ganymede Takeover
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Publisher : Arrow
Total Pages : 191
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ISBN-10 : 0090053702
ISBN-13 : 9780090053704
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ganymede Takeover by : Philip K. Dick

Nick and the Glimmung

Nick and the Glimmung
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 9780575133044
ISBN-13 : 057513304X
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Nick and the Glimmung by : Philip K Dick

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.

We Can Build You

We Can Build You
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780679752967
ISBN-13 : 067975296X
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis We Can Build You by : Philip K. Dick

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.

The Best of Philip K. Dick

The Best of Philip K. Dick
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Publisher : Echo Point+ORM
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 9781648370007
ISBN-13 : 1648370004
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis The Best of Philip K. Dick by : Philip K. Dick

Thirteen short stories by the legendary author of The Man in the High Castle and other science fiction classics. Philip K. Dick didn’t predict the future―he summoned the desperate bleakness of our present directly from his fevered paranoia. Dick didn’t predict the Internet or iPhones or email or 3D printers, but rather he so thoroughly understood human nature that he could already see, even at the advent of the transistor, the way technology would alienate us from each other and from ourselves. He could see us isolated and drifting in our own private realities even before we had plugged in our ear buds. He could see, even in the earliest days of space exploration, how much of our own existence remained unexplored, and how the great black spaces between people were growing even as our universe was shrinking. Philip K. Dick spent his first three years as a science fiction author writing shorter fiction, and in his lifetime he composed almost 150 short stories, many of which have gone on to be adapted into (slightly watered down) Hollywood blockbusters. Collected here are thirteen of his most Dickian tales, funhouse realities with trap doors and hidden compartments.

The World Jones Made

The World Jones Made
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 211
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ISBN-10 : 9780547572659
ISBN-13 : 0547572654
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis The World Jones Made by : Philip K. Dick

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

Time Out of Joint

Time Out of Joint
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Publisher : Penguin Group USA
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 0140171738
ISBN-13 : 9780140171730
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Time Out of Joint by : Philip K. Dick

"Marvelous, terrifying fun, especially if you've ever suspected that the world is an unreal construct built solely to keep you from knowing who you really are. Which it is, of course."--"Rolling Stone" Ragle Gumm has a unique job: every day he wins a newspaper contest. And when he isn't consulting his charts and tables, he enjoys his life in a small town in 1959. At least, that's what he thinks. But then strange things start happening. He finds a phone book where all the numbers have been disconnected, and a magazine article about a famous starlet he's never heard of named Marilyn Monroe. Plus, everyday objects are beginning to disappear and are replaced by strips of paper with words written on them like "bowl of flowers" and "soft drink stand." When Ragle skips town to try to find the cause of these bizarre occurrences, his discovery could make him question everything he has ever known.

The Penultimate Truth

The Penultimate Truth
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Publisher : Carroll & Graf Pub
Total Pages : 221
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ISBN-10 : 0881844934
ISBN-13 : 9780881844931
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis The Penultimate Truth by : Philip K. Dick

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

The Cosmic Puppets

The Cosmic Puppets
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 147
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ISBN-10 : 9780547572383
ISBN-13 : 0547572387
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cosmic Puppets by : Philip K. Dick

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