Counter-Clock World
Philip K. Dick
Vintage
From Library Journal<p>Released in 1967 and 1956, respectively, these volumes offer Dick's usual bleak outlook for the future. In CounterClock World, time begins moving backwards, and, as a result, there is a reanimation of the dead, including a religious leader who has amassed a sizable number of followers since his demise. Back above ground, he finds himself worshipped by millions who will do anything he says, making him quite dangerous. Japed follows a similar theme in the character of Allen Purcell, a highly placed politico who has the power to change the world. Dick fans and Blade Runner nuts will be glad to see these. <br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p>Review<p>“Dick’s best books always describe a future that is both entirely recognizable and utterly unimaginable.” --<em>The New York Times Book Review</em> <br /></p><p>“Dick is entertaining us about reality and madness, time and death, sin and salvation. . . . We have our own homegrown Borges.” --Ursula K. LeGuin, <em>The New Republic<br /></em></p></br></br></br>