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Galactic Pot-Healer

by Philip K. Dick

A cosmic summons to mend what has sunk

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A cosmic summons to mend what has sunk

Joe Fernwright’s specialized craft—repairing broken pottery—becomes part of a task on a planetary scale when the alien Glimmung gathers helpers to raise a submerged city and restore its cathedral. The contrast between careful ceramic repair and an immense, mysterious undertaking gives the premise its distinctive shape. Set on Plowman’s Planet, the novel brings together questions of faith, work, and the uncertain reach of a godlike power, alongside its science-fiction elements of alien life and distant worlds.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in science fiction that pairs cosmic-scale events with an artisan’s specialized work.
  • Readers who enjoy stories involving alien beings, religious or godlike figures, and questions of faith.
  • Readers curious about science fiction centered on pottery, restoration, and a sunken city.

Themes

Craft and restorationFaith and godlike powerAlien life and cosmic communityHuman work within vast undertakings

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Book overview

A powerful and enigmatic alien recruits humans and aliens to help it restore a sunken cathedral in this touching and hilarious novel.

Sometimes even gods need help. In Galactic Pot-Healer that god is an alien creature known as The Glimmung, which looks alternately like a flaming wheel, a teenage girl, and a swirling mass of ocean life. In order to raise a sunken city, he summons beings from across the galaxy to Plowman's Planet. Joe Fernwright is one of those summoned, needed for his skills at pot-healing--repairing broken ceramics. But from the moment Joe arrives on Plowman's Planet, things start to go awry. Told as only Philip K. Dick can, Galactic Pot-Healer is a wildly funny tale of aliens, gods, and ceramics.
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