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Radio Free Albemuth

Philip K Dick

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Aramchek - the word scratched in the sidewalk of the president's childhood home.

Aramchek - the name of the subversive society 'with no official membership' whose sole purpose is to overthrow the American government.

Aramcheck - the name of the woman who holds the key, and may only have weeks to live.

Radio Free Albemuth is a visionary alternate history of a dystopian United States, full of the conspiracy theories and religious themes that became the foundation for the celebrated VALIS trilogy.

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  • An intense, often very moving book ... touching on all the major Philip K Dick themes: paranoia, political repression, the decay of American society, the plastic nature of reality ... and the visionary sense of being in touch with some vast, benevolent reality - Philadelphia EnquirerNo other writer of his generation had such a wonderful intellectual presence. He has stamped himself not only on our memories but in our imaginations - Brian AldissAn engrossing, non-stop excursion into a believable vision of hell - Publishers Weekly

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Philip K Dick

Philip K Dick

Over a writing career that spanned three decades, PHILIP K. DICK (1928-1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralised power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned to deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film, notably Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly, as well as television's The Man in the High Castle. The recipient of critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout his career, including the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards, Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005, and between 2007 and 2009, the Library of America published a selection of his novels in three volumes. His work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

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