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- Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb is a 1965 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1965. Dick wrote the novel in 1963 with working titles In Earth's Diurnal Course and A Terran Odyssey.
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Plot summary. Dr. Bloodmoney is set in a post-apocalyptic future. In 1972, before the start of the narrative, Dr. Bruno Bluthgeld (German for "Blood-Money") had led a project testing nuclear weapons as a protectionary measure against Communist China and the Soviet Union.
What begins as a character-driven examination of post-nuclear apocalypse America becomes a weird, supernatural story that may or may not confuse matters, depending on expectation. In the end, Dr. Bloodmoney is one of Dick’s better efforts despite its realist foundation giving way to the supernatural at the end.
Jun 23, 2020 · But “Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb” (written in 1963, published in 1965) is a rare novel where he shows the day of the bombings (Emergency Day, in the future of 1981) – presumably between the USA and the USSR — and the immediate aftermath. Life after E-Day.
Philip K. Dick's Dr. Bloodmoney Or How We Got Along After the Bomb is a post-nuclear apocalyptic dark comedy taking its title from the popular Stanley Kubrick film Dr. Strangelove. Though the novel is not related to Kubrick’s movie, the action could occur after the end of Dr. Strangelove as the world copes with life after the bombs fell.
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Mar 22, 2013 · Dick, Philip K. Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb. 1965. This is a terrific book. After the explosion of the nuclear bomb, the only communication the survivors has that helps unite them is upheld by Walt Dangerfield, the astronaut who is supposed to colonize Mars with his wife but is instead doomed to be trapped in his ...
Dr. Bloodmoney is a post-nuclear-holocaust masterpiece filled with a host of Dick's most memorable characters: Hoppy Harrington, a deformed mutant with telekinetic powers; Walt Dangerfield, a selfless disc jockey stranded in a satellite circling the globe; Dr. Bluthgeld, the megalomaniac physicist largely responsible for the decimated state of t...
Apr 24, 2006 · Title: Dr. Bloodmoney or How We Got Along After the Bomb Title Record # 2075. Author: Philip K. Dick. Date: 1965-06-00. Type: NOVEL. Webpages: Wikipedia-EN. Language: English. User Rating: 7.10 (10 votes) Including variants and translations: 7.36 (11 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE. Current Tags: science fiction (1), post-holocaust (1), SF: The ...