Four novels of the 1960s / Philip K. Dick.

By:

Dick, Philip K

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Putnam Inc., c2007.Description: 830 pISBN:

1598530097 (alk. paper)
9781598530094 (alk. paper)

Uniform titles:

Novels.

Subject(s):

Science fiction, American

DDC classification:

813 DIC-F

Online resources:

Summary: This Library of America volume brings together four of Dick's most original novels. The Man in the High Castle (1962), which won the Hugo Award, describes an alternate world in which Japan and Germany have won World War II and America is divided into separate occupation zones. The dizzying The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965) posits a future in which competing hallucinogens proffer different brands of virtual reality, and an interplanetary drug tycoon can transform himself into a godlike figure transcending even physical death.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Institute of English Processing Center	Institute of English	813 DIC-F (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		ENGASC76

This Library of America volume brings together four of Dick's most original novels. The Man in the High Castle (1962), which won the Hugo Award, describes an alternate world in which Japan and Germany have won World War II and America is divided into separate occupation zones. The dizzying The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965) posits a future in which competing hallucinogens proffer different brands of virtual reality, and an interplanetary drug tycoon can transform himself into a godlike figure transcending even physical death.

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