"a wonderfully inventive novel and a lovingly crafted homage" - Publisher's Weekly
1982. It's a dark time: Richard M. Nixon is in his fourth term of the 'imperial Presidency', civil liberties are under threat, protest is unsafe, and an eccentric novelist named Philip K. Dick has just died.
Why, then, does the recently deceased author walk into Psychiatrist Lia Pickford M.D.'s office asking for help, with a taxicab idling outside? Dr. Pickford's husband, Cal Pickford - a longtime Dick fan - is thrilled by the news.
So begins a series of events, involving dissidents and rebels, all leading up to a fateful confrontation between Dick, Cal, and President Nixon... on the moon.
Mirroring Philip K. Dick's characterisation and style, this is a brilliant homage to one of the best science fiction writers of all time.
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Michael Bishop (1945 - )
Michael Bishop was born in 1945 in Lincoln, Nebraska. After receiving an MA in English from the University of Georgia, Bishop taught at the USAF Academy Preparatory School in Colorado, but soon began placing his short stories with the likes of Galaxy Science Fiction, If and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. His first novel, A Funeral For The Eyes Of Fire, brought comparisons with Ursula K. Le Guin and James Tiptree, Jr and received a Nebula nomination. It was followed by a number of critically acclaimed works including BSFA Award-nominated Transfigurations, Arthur C. Clarke Award-nominated Ancient Of Days, and No Enemy But Time, for which he won the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Michael Bishop lives in Georgia, where he was writer-in-residence at LaGrange College until spring 2012.
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Zusammenfassung
"e;a wonderfully inventive novel and a lovingly crafted homage"e; - Publisher's Weekly1982. It's a dark time: Richard M. Nixon is in his fourth term of the 'imperial Presidency', civil liberties are under threat, protest is unsafe, and an eccentric novelist named Philip K. Dick has just died.Why, then, does the recently deceased author walk into Psychiatrist Lia Pickford M.D.'s office asking for help, with a taxicab idling outside? Dr. Pickford's husband, Cal Pickford - a longtime Dick fan - is thrilled by the news.So begins a series of events, involving dissidents and rebels, all leading up to a fateful confrontation between Dick, Cal, and President Nixon... on the moon.Mirroring Philip K. Dick's characterisation and style, this is a brilliant homage to one of the best science fiction writers of all time.