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"Dick [was] many authors: a poor man's Pynchon, an
oracular postmodern, a rich product of the changing
counterculture/' —The Village Voice
Set in the middle of the twenty-first century, The
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 desperate-
ly in love with the first lady, Nicole Thibideaux, who he
has never met. Richard Kongrosian refuses to see any-
one because he is convinced his body odor is lethal. And
the fascistic Bertold Goltz is trying to overthrow the gov-
ernment. 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.
Winner of both tl^ Hugo and John W. Campbell awards for best
novel, widely regarded as the premiere...
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"Dick [was] many authors: a poor man's Pynchon, an
oracular postmodern, a rich product of the changing
counterculture/' —The Village Voice
Set in the middle of the twenty-first century, The
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 desperate-
ly in love with the first lady, Nicole Thibideaux, who he
has never met. Richard Kongrosian refuses to see any-
one because he is convinced his body odor is lethal. And
the fascistic Bertold Goltz is trying to overthrow the gov-
ernment. 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.
Winner of both tl^ Hugo and John W. Campbell awards for best
novel, widely regarded as the premiere science fiction writer of
his day, and the object of cult-like adoration from his legions of
fans, Philip K. Dick has come to be seen in a literary light that
defies classification in much the same way as Borges and Calvino.
With breathtaking insight, he utilizes vividly unfamiliar worlds to
evoke the hauntingly and hilariously familiar in our society and
ourselves.
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