Lies, Inc

Lies, Inc
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1400030080
ISBN-13 : 9781400030088
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Lies, Inc by : Philip K. Dick

A masterwork by Philip K. Dick, this is the final, expanded version of the novellla The Unteleported Man, which Dick worked on shortly before his death. In Lies, Inc., fans of the science fiction legend will immediately recognize his hallmark themes of life in a security state, conspiracy, and the blurring of reality and illusion. This publication marks its first complete appearance in the United States. In this wry, paranoid vision of the future, overpopulation has turned cities into cramed industrial anthills. For those sick of this dystopian reality, one corporation, Trails of Hoffman, Inc., promises an alternative: Take a teleport to Whale's Mouth, a colonized planet billed as the supreme paradise. The only catch is that you can never comeback. When a neurotic man named Rachmael ben Applebaum discovers that the promotional films of happy crowds cheering their newfound existence on Whale's Mouth are faked, he decides to pilot a scapeship on the eighteen-year journey there to see if anyone wants to return.

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 Unteleported Man

The Unteleported Man
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:809690213
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Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis The Unteleported Man by : Philip K. Dick

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.

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 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.

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.

Vulcan's Hammer

Vulcan's Hammer
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Publisher : Mariner Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0547572638
ISBN-13 : 9780547572635
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Vulcan's Hammer by : Philip K. Dick

In Vulcan's Hammer a super-computer makes all the important decisions for a worldwide government. But when religious fanatics decide to fight back, it leads a high-ranking official to question whether the peace provided by the computer is worth the abnegation of free will.

Martian Time-Slip

Martian Time-Slip
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 191
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ISBN-10 : 9780575107403
ISBN-13 : 0575107405
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Martian Time-Slip by : Philip K Dick

Mars is a desolate world. Largely forgotten by Earth, the planet remains helpless in the stranglehold of Arnie Kott, who as boss of the plumbers' union has a monopoly over the vital water supply. Arnie Kott is obsessed by the past; the native Bleekmen, poverty-stricken wanderers, can see into the future; while to Manfred, an autistic boy, time apparently stops. When one of the colonists, Norbert Steiner, commits suicide, the repercussions are startling and bizarre.

Clans of the Alphane Moon

Clans of the Alphane Moon
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0375719288
ISBN-13 : 9780375719288
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Clans of the Alphane Moon by : Philip K. Dick

When CIA agent Chuck Rittersdorf and his psychiatrist wife, Mary, file for divorce, they have no idea that in a few weeks they'll be shooting it out on Alpha III M2, the distant moon ruled by various psychotics liberated from a mental ward.