Maze of Death - Softcover

Dick, Philip K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879978309 ISBN 13: 9780879978303

Publisher: DAW, 1983

Synopsis

DAW Books, 1983. Mass market paperback. DAW Books No. 533. Science fiction novel, first published in 1970.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

[headline] A dark and mysterious tale of murder, religion, and the nature of reality.

Delmak-O is a dangerous planet. Though there are only fourteen citizens, no one can trust anyone else and death can strike at any moment. The planet is vast and largely unexplored, populated mostly by gelatinous cube-shaped beings that give cryptic advice in the form of anagrams. Deities can be spoken to directly via a series of prayer amplifiers and transmitters, but they may not be happy about it. And the mysterious building in the distance draws all the colonists to it, but when they get there each sees a different motto on the front. The mystery of this structure and the secrets contained within drive this mind-bending novel.

PHILIP K. DICK (1928 1982) wrote 121 short stories and 45 novels and is considered one of the most visionary authors of the twentieth century. His work is included in the Library of America and has been translated into more than twenty five languages. Eleven works have been adapted to film, including Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly."

From the Inside Flap:

Fourteen strangers came to Delmak-O. Thirteen of them were transferred by the usual authorities. One got there by praying. But once they arrived on that planet whose very atmosphere seemed to induce paranoia and psychosis, the newcomers found that even prayer was useless. For on Delmak-O, God is either absent or intent on destroying His creations.

About this edition

• Publisher: DAW
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0879978309
• ISBN 13: 9780879978303
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 191