Our Friends From Frolix 8

Download or read book Our Friends from Frolix 8 written by Philip K. Dick and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the 22nd century Earth was controlled by a cabal of genetic freaks, superior to "normal" men because of their powers of telepathy and precognition. Mere ordinary men didn't have a chance. Suddenly, however, there was a ray of hope--Thors Provoni was coming back. Provoni had stolen a spaceship, escaped from Earth and gone out to the stars in search of another intelligent race that would help end the slavery of homo sapiens--he had been given up as lost. He was coming back now with representative of a powerful alien race that would champion the rights of man. Who was this inhuman savior? And what was the price of this friend from Frolix 8?"--Page 4 of cover.

Download or read book We Can Build You written by Philip K. Dick and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1994 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Our Friends From Frolix 8 written by Philip K. Dick and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the author of A Scanner Darkly—a satirical adventure dealing with issues of power, class, and politics, set in a world ruled by big-brained elites. In Our Friends from Frolix 8, the world is run by an elite few. And what determines whether one is part of the elite isn’t wealth or privilege, but brains. As children, every citizen of Earth is tested; some are found to be super-smart New Men and some are Unusuals, with various psychic powers. The vast majority are Undermen, performing menial jobs in an overpopulated world. Nick Appleton is an Underman, content to go with the flow and eke out an existence as a tire regroover. But after his son is classified as an Underman, Appleton begins to question the hierarchy. Strengthening his resolve, and energizing the resistance movement, is news that the great resistance leader Thors Provoni is returning from a trip to the furthest reaches of space. And he’s brought help: a giant, indestructible alien

Download or read book The Game-players of Titan written by Philip K. Dick and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Cosmic Puppets written by Philip K. Dick and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fantastical, fast-paced science fiction novel of mystery and action from award-winning novelist Philip K. Dick.

Download or read book Solar Lottery written by Philip K. Dick and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2003 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hired to work for Quizmaster Verrick, the man in charge of the strange game in which the ruler of the Universe is selected, Ted Bentley is unaware that Leon Cartwright, the man destined to take over Verrick's job, is targeted for assassination or that Verrick is plotting to resume control of a not-so-random universe. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

Download or read book Nick and the Glimmung written by Philip K Dick and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nick and his family are forced to leave Earth in order for him to keep his cat, Horace - because all pets are now banned, as they use up badly needed resources. They settle on Plowman's Planet, where they discover a variety of strange and wonderful alien lifeforms. But not all of these weird lifeforms are benevolent - and the family is involved in a series of increasingly dangerous mishaps. Can Horace and Nick manage to outwit the Wub, the Werjes, the Trobes - and the most dangerous of all, the Glimmung? Philip K. Dick's only children's book, first published after his death, brings together many of his most famous alien creations in one gently humorous tale.