text: Flow My Tears , the Policeman Said , a novel about a celebrity who awakens in a parallel universe where he is unknown , won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel in 1975 .
simplified: Flow My Tears , The Policeman Said was Dick 's first published novel after years of silence . In these years , his critical reputation had grown , and this novel was awarded the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel .