Nick and the Glimmung - Hardcover

Dick, Philip K.; Demeyer, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0575043075 ISBN 13: 9780575043077

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co, 1988

Synopsis

Nick, his family and their cat, Horace, emigrate to Plowman's Planet which is dominated by the unseen Glimmung and populated by trobes, spiddles and father-things. By the author of Hugo Award winning "The Man in the High Castle" and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" filmed as "Blade Runner".

About this title

About the Author:

One of the greatest authors of the 20th century, with a career spanning 3 decades and 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film; notably: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly. Dick won the Hugo Award in 1963 and was inducted into the SF Hall of Fame in 2005, and in 2007 he was the first science fiction to be published by the Library of America.

From Booklist:

“But of all of them, father-things, werjes, trobes—Glimmung is the most dangerous and the one to be avoided.” It’s a credit to Dick’s wit and narrative tempo that by the time this sentence occurs readers will not only know what the heck he’s talking about, but they also might even chuckle a little bit at the sentiment. All this craziness begins on Earth, albeit a crowded futuristic version, where pets are no longer allowed. Nick has been hiding his cat, Horace, but when the anti-pet man shows up, Nick’s parents decide to move the family (and cat) to the lush paradise of Plowman’s Planet. Unfortunately they arrive in the midst of a weird war between various bizarre native creatures and the Glimmung, an evil being guarding a future-telling book. Written in 1966 but never released in the U.S., Dick’s only young-adult book feels more like an improvisation than a fully formed novel, but his dark humor, icky invertebrates, and almost Seussian sense of humor keep the focus off the shaky plot and on the admirable inventiveness. Grades 7-10. --Daniel Kraus

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0575043075
• ISBN 13: 9780575043077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128