 The original manuscripts have been lost, and no copies are known to be extant.Among Dick's numerous lost novels, it represented his earliest full-length literary attempt to blend mainstream literary fiction with science fiction.Up until this time, Dick had written numerous "straight" (non-SF) novels, all rejected for publication, and had published several science fiction novels and numerous short stories, but he regarded his science fiction as "merely something to pay the bills," and kept his genre career separate from his "grown-up" literary aspiration.