Our Friends From Frolix 8
by Philip K. Dick
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Glenroy, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Shelf wear, scuffing around the cover edges, some chipping around the cover edge and corners, tanned pages, ink stamp on first page (see photos).
Our Friends From Frolix 8 by Philip K. Dick is a first edition science fiction novel published by Ace Books in 1970. The book explores the themes of aliens and genetics in an intriguing narrative that keeps readers engaged till the very end. This English language book is a must-have for any science fiction enthusiast. It is a valuable addition to any book collection.
Ace book 64400
Synopsis
For all the strange worlds borne of his vast and vivid imagination, Philip K. Dick was largely concerned with humanity's most achingly familiar heartaches and struggles. In Our Friends From Frolix 8, he clashes private dreams against public battles in a fast-paced and provocative tale that ultimately addresses our salvation both as individuals and a whole.Nick Appleton is a menial laborer whose life is a series of endless frustrations. Willis Gram is the despotic oligarch of a planet ruled by big-brained elites. When they both fall in love with Charlotte Boyer, a feisty black marketer of revolutionary propaganda, Nick seems destined for doom. But everything takes a decidedly unpredictable turn when the revolution's leader, Thors Provoni, returns from ten years of intergalactic hiding with a ninety-ton protoplasmic slime that is bent on creating a new world order. Winner of both the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards for best novel, widely regarded as the premiere science fiction writer of his day, and the object of cult-like adoration from his legions of fans, Philip K. Dick has come to be seen in a literary light that defies classification in much the same way as Borges and Calvino. With breathtaking insight, he utilizes vividly unfamiliar worlds to evoke the hauntingly and hilariously familiar in our society and ourselves.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shane Nixon (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- philipdickourfriendsfromf
- Title
- Our Friends From Frolix 8
- Author
- Philip K. Dick
- Format/Binding
- Shelf wear, scuffing around the cover edges, some chipping around the cover edge and corners, tanned pages, ink stamp on first p
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ace Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 189
- Weight
- 0.66 lbs
- Keywords
- genetics, aliens, science fiction, vintage, philip k dick, our friends from frolix 8
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