Lies Inc (HB) - Hardcover

"Dick, Phillip K."

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0575034491 ISBN 13: 9780575034495

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co, 1984

Synopsis

â Philip K. Dick knew better than anyone how to recognize the disturbances of exile.â â Roberto Bolaño

When catastrophic overpopulation threatens Earth, one company offers to teleport citizens to Whaleâ s Mouth, an allegedly pristine new home for happy and industrious ÃmigrÃs. But there is one problem: the teleportation machine only works in one direction. When Rachmael ben Applebaum discovers that some of the footage of happy settlers may have been faked, he sets out on an eighteen-year journey to see if anyone wants to come back.

Lies, Inc. is one of Philip K. Dickâ s final novels, which he expanded from his novella The Unteleported Man shortly before his death. In its examination of totalitarianism, reality, and hallucination, it encompasses everything that Dickâ s fans love about his oeuvre.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

A masterwork by Philip K. Dick, this is the final, expanded version of the novellla The Unteleported Man, which Dick worked on shortly before his death. In Lies, Inc., fans of the science fiction legend will immediately recognize his hallmark themes of life in a security state, conspiracy, and the blurring of reality and illusion. This publication marks its first complete appearance in the United States.

In this wry, paranoid vision of the future, overpopulation has turned cities into cramed industrial anthills. For those sick of this dystopian reality, one corporation, Trails of Hoffman, Inc., promises an alternative: Take a teleport to Whale's Mouth, a colonized planet billed as the supreme paradise. The only catch is that you can never comeback. When a neurotic man named Rachmael ben Applebaum discovers that the promotional films of happy crowds cheering their newfound existence on Whale's Mouth are faked, he decides to pilot a scapeship on the eighteen-year journey there to see if anyone wants to return.

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0575034491
• ISBN 13: 9780575034495
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208