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Title
The simulacra / Philip K. Dick.
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Edition
1st Vintage Books ed.
ISBN
9780375719264
0375719261
0375719261
Publication Details
New York : Vintage Books, 2002.
Language
English
Description
214 p. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
PS3554.I3 S46 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification
813/.54
Summary
Set in the middle of the twenty-first century, "Simulacra" is the story of an America where the whole government is a fraud and the President is an android. Against this backdrop Dr. Superb, the sole remaining psychotherapist, is struggling to practice in a world full of the maladjusted. Ian Duncan is desperately in love with the first lady, Nicole Thibideaux, who he has never met. Richard Kongrossian refuses to see anyone because he is convinced his body odor is lethal. And the fascistic Bertold Goltz is trying to overthrow the government. With wonderful aplomb, Philip K. Dick brings this story to a crashing conclusion and in classic fashion shows there is always another layer of conspiracy beneath the one we see.
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