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by Philip K. DickBook 63 of 41 in Gregg Press Science Fiction Series
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Description

Philip K. Dick's searing metaphysical comedy of death and salvation is a tour de force of panoramic menace and unfettered slapstick, in which the departed give business advice, shop for their next incarnation, and run the continual risk of dying yet again.

What it’s like

ThemeTheologicalComic Sci-FiSatiricalWonderReincarnation
ViolenceStandard
HorrorChilling

Details

First published
May 1969
Pages
202
Reading time
About 4 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language
English
ISBN
9781400095728
Series
Gregg Press Science Fiction Series, Book 63

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