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The Simulacra

by Philip K. Dick

Power, performance, and unrest on a ravaged Earth

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Power, performance, and unrest on a ravaged Earth

Philip K. Dick’s science-fiction setting brings political authority, emerging dissent, and an unusual mix of technologies and abilities into the same turbulent world. A First Lady who wields real power and an underclass beginning to question its position frame a cast that also includes a would-be coup plotter, a telekinetic composer, and the world’s last practicing therapist. Time travel, androids, and Neanderthal-like mutants add further complications, while the description signals a landscape of layered conspiracies and uncertain appearances.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Science-fiction readers interested in political power and social unrest
  • Readers who enjoy speculative combinations of time travel, androids, and paranormal abilities

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Political authoritySocial dissentTechnology and human abilitiesConspiracy and uncertainty

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Book overview

On a ravaged Earth, fate and circumstances bring together a disparate group of characters, including a fascist with dreams of a coup, a composer who plays his instrument with his mind, a First Lady who calls all the shots, and the world's last practicing therapist. And they all must contend with an underclass that is beginning to ask a few too many questions, aided by a man called Loony Luke and his very persuasive pet alien.

In classic Philip K. Dick fashion, The Simulacra combines time travel, psychotherapy, telekinesis, androids, and Neanderthal-like mutants to create a rousing, mind-bending story where there are conspiracies within conspiracies and nothing is ever what it seems.

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