Publisher Description

Jason Taverner is a Six, the result of top secret government experiments forty years before which produced a handful of unnaturally bright and beautiful people - and he's the prime-time idol of millions until, inexplicably, all record of him is wiped from the data banks of Earth. Suddenly he's a nobody in a police state where nobody is allowed to be a nobody. Will he ever be rich and famous again? Was he, in fact, ever rich and famous?

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Futuristic science fiction about a man whose records are wiped from the Earth's data banks.

Author Biography

One of the most important figures in American science fiction, Philip K. Dick was born one of twins - his sister died in infancy - and lived most of his life in California. In a career of prodigious productivity and achievement, he wrote more than fifty books. The films Blade Runner and Total Recall are both based on his stories.

Review

One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction, Dick made most of the European avant-garde seem like navel-gazers in a cul-de-sac * Sunday Times *
Dick quietly produced serious fiction in a popular form and there can be no greater praise * Michael Moorcock *
One of the genuine visionaries that North American fiction has produced * LA Weekly *
For everyone lost in the endlessly multiplicating realities of the modern world, remember: Philip K. Dick got there first * Terry Gilliam *
The most consistently brilliant SF writer in the world * John Brunner *

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'The most consistently brilliant SF writer in the world' John Brunner 'Dick quietly produced serious fiction in a popular form and there can be no greater praise' Michael Moorcock 'One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction, Philip K. Dick made most of the European avant-guarde seem navel-gazers in a cul-de-sac' Sunday Times 'He was the funniest SF writer of his time, and perhaps the most terrifying' Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Prizes

Winner of John W Campbell Award 1975 (UK)

Long Description

Jason Taverner is a Six, the result of top secret government experiments forty years before which produced a handful of unnaturally bright and beautiful people - and he's the prime-time idol of millions until, inexplicably, all record of him is wiped from the data banks of Earth. Suddenly he's a nobody in a police state where nobody is allowed to be a nobody. Will he ever be rich and famous again? Was he, in fact, ever rich and famous?

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One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction, Dick made most of the European avant-garde seem like navel-gazers in a cul-de-sac

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Another classic novel from the world's greatest writer of science fiction

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'The most consistently brilliant SF writer in the world' John Brunner.

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