The Penultimate Truth
by Dick, Philip K
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape, 1967 . First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. The Penultimate Truth, first English [and first hardback] edition, ink ownership inscription from same year as publication on front free endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, very minor spine tone, light soiling to upper cover, not clipped. A Fine copy of a Philip[ K Dick rarity, spine ends very lightly creased, still overall a very crisp copy, 8vo, 1967. The rare science-fiction novel by the American author is set in a future (the year 2025) where the bulk of humanity is kept in underground shelters under the guise that World War III is playing out above them. Perhaps one of his more cynical depictions of a duplicitous U.S. government, the story sets out another characteristic vision of a post-atomic holocaust future. It was written during one of Dick's most prolific periods, and was the first of four novels that he saw published that year alone. The work was originally released in 1964 as a Belmont paperback, thus making this edition the first English hardback edition.
Synopsis
“At a time when most 20th-century science fiction writers seem hopelessly dated, Dick gives us a vision of the future that captures the feel of our time.”— Wired In the future, most of humanity lives in massive underground bunkers, producing weapons for the nuclear war they've fled. Constantly bombarded by patriotic propaganda, the citizens of these industrial anthills believe they are waiting for the day when the war will be over and they can return aboveground. But when Nick St. James, president of one anthill, makes an unauthorized trip to the surface, what he finds is more shocking than anything he could imagine.
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- Bookseller
- finecopy ltd
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- Title
- The Penultimate Truth
- Author
- Dick, Philip K
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape, 1967
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