Review
‘An entertaining and disturbing read’
Sunday Times
‘As full of muscle, teeth and flashing surprises as an alligator pool’
Brian Aldiss
‘A fine parable, grippingly written’
Tribune
‘A great philosophical writer’
Independent
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Book Description
A masterly tale of political deception from the most significant writer of SF in the 20th century.
Product Description
World War III is raging - or so the millions of people crammed in their underground tanks believe. For fiteen years, subterranean humanity has been fed on daily broadcasts of a never-ending nuclear destruction, sustained by a belief in the all powerful Protector. Now someone has gone to the surface and found no destruction, no war. The authorities have been telling a massive lie. Now the search begins to find out why.
From the Back Cover
THE LONGEST LIFE
World War III is raging – or so the millions of people crammed in their underground tanks believe. For fifteen years, subterranean humanity has been fed on daily broadcasts of a never-ending nuclear destruction, sustained by a belief in the all powerful Protector.
But up on Earth’s surface, a different kind of reality reigns. East and West are at peace. Across the planet, an elite corps of expert hoaxers live in vast private demesnes – repayment for their services in preserving the great lie. Until one day, a tanker emerges and discovers the path to the most sinister truth of all …
“An entertaining and disturbing read”
SUNDAY TIMES
“As full of muscle, teeth and flashing surprises as an alligator pool”
BRIAN ALDISS, 'Oxford Mail'
“A fine parable, grippingly written”
TRIBUNE
“A great philosophical writer”
THE INDEPENDENT
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) was born in Chicago but lived in California for most of his life. He went to college at Berkeley for a year, ran a record store and had his own classical-music show on a local radio station. He published his first short story, 'Beyond Lies the Wub' in 1952. Among his many fine novels are Time Out of Joint, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Philip K. Dick won the Hugo Award for The Man in the High Castle. More than 20 years after his death his influence on SF has never been greater.
