ThePenultimateTruth(Philip K. Dick 著)简介、价格

ThePenultimateTruth

作者： Philip K. Dick 著

出版社： Mariner Books

出版时间： 2012-01

ISBN： 9780547572475

定价： 125.90

装帧： 平装

页数： 256页

分类： 国学古籍>综合性图书

内容简介:

ThePenultimateTruthisoneofDick’smoresombrenovels,writtenatawhite-hotpacewhenhewasattheheightofhiscreativepowers.DrawingonfourofDick’sstories,ThePenultimateTruthisoneofhismostpointedexaminationofthelieswovenbygovernments.WorldWarIIIisraging–orsothemillionsofpeoplecrammedintheirundergroundtanksbelieve.Forfifteenyears,subterraneanhumanityhasbeenfedondailybroadcastsofanever-endingnucleardestruction,sustainedbyabeliefintheallpowerfulProtector.ButuponEarth’ssurface,adifferentkindofrealityreigns.EastandWestareatpeace.Acrosstheplanet,anelitecorpsofexperthoaxersliveinvastprivatedemesnes–repaymentfortheirservicesinpreservingthegreatlie.Untiloneday,atankeremergesanddiscoversthepathtothemostsinistertruthofall…--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.

作者简介:

Overawritingcareerthatspannedthreedecades,PhilipK.Dick(1928-1982)published36sciencefictionnovelsand121shortstoriesinwhichheexploredtheessenceofwhatmakesmanhumanandthedangersofcentralizedpower.Towardtheendofhislife,hisworkturnedtowarddeeplypersonal,metaphysicalquestionsconcerningthenatureofGod.Elevennovelsandshortstorieshavebeenadaptedtofilm;notably:BladeRunner(basedonDoAndroidsDreamofElectricSheep?),TotalRecall,MinorityReport,andAScannerDarkly.Therecipientofcriticalacclaimandnumerousawardsthroughouthiscareer,DickwasinductedintotheSFHallofFamein2005,andin2007theLibraryofAmericapublishedaselectionofhisnovelsinthreevolumes.Hisworkhasbeentranslatedinto?morethantwenty-five?languages.