Summary
A drug dealer of the future periodically moves away from his spaced-out world to become an informer for narcotics agents until he becomes unable to separate his two personalities. Full description
Summary: |
A drug dealer of the future periodically moves away from his spaced-out world to become an informer for narcotics agents until he becomes unable to separate his two personalities. |
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Item Description: |
Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 1977. "Now a major motion picture"--Cover; film was released in 2006. |
Physical Description: |
278 p. ; 21 cm. |
ISBN: |
1400096901 (pbk.) 9781400096909 (pbk.) |
Author Notes: |
In 1963, Dick won the Hugo Award for his novel, The Man in the High Castle. He also wrote a series of futuristic tales about artificial creatures on the loose; notable of these was Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which was later adapted into film as Blade Runner. Dick also published several collections of short stories. He died of a stroke in Santa Ana, California, in 1982. (Bowker Author Biography) |