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The Penultimate Truth is a 1964 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. The story is set in a future where the bulk of humanity is kept in large underground shelters. The people are told that World War III is being fought above them, when in reality the war ended years ago.
- Philip K. Dick
- 1964
Jun 28, 2012 · Despite not reaching the near perfection which characterizes his best works, The Penultimate Truth (1964) is worth the read. The work’s premise is pure PKD. As with his best, an uncanny sci-fi infused surrealism seeps from the pages….
World War III is raging - or so the millions of people crammed in their underground tanks believe. For fifteen years, subterranean humanity has been fed on daily broadcasts of a never-ending nuclear destruction, sustained by a belief in the all powerful Protector. But up on Earth's surface, a different kind of reality reigns.
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By Philip K. Dick. Originally published in 1964. Trade paperback published by Vintage. Plot Summary: What if you discovered that everything you knew about the world was a lie?
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What if you discovered that everything you knew about the world was a lie? That’s the question at the heart of Philip K. Dick’s futuristic novel about political oppression, the show business of politics and the sinister potential of the military industrial complex.
This wry, paranoid thriller imagines a future in which the earth has been ravaged, and cities are burnt-out wastelands too dangerous for human life. Americans have been shipped underground, where they toil in crowded industrial ant hills and receive a steady diet of inspiring speeches from a President who never seems to age. Nick St. James, like the rest of the masses, believed in the words of his leaders. But that all changes when he travels to the surface—where what he finds is more shocking than anything he could possibly imagine.
"Once again Dick gives us a wonderfully twisted story of deceit, convoluted reality, and paranoia. The characters are his usual blend of waywards and slime buckets. Combine all this with his downhill racer style of all or nothing writing and you get a darn fine read."
–Review by R.F. Briggs, Under the Covers (Book Review Site), 10/25/1998.
It’s possible the outline for THE PENULTIMATE TRUTH was written by March 1964 as stated by Thomas M. Disch, and the completed manuscript by May 12,1964. The novel was first published by Belmont Books in paperback form in Sep 1964.
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The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick. Philip K. Dick’s 11th science fictopm novel, The Penultimate Truth, was originally released in 1964 as a Belmont paperback (no. 92-603, for all you collectors out there) with a staggering cover price of… 50 cents. Written during one of Dick’s most furiously prolific periods, it was the first of ...
