Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said is a 1974 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. The novel is set in a futuristic dystopia where the United States has become a police state in the aftermath of a Second American Civil War. The story follows genetically enhanced pop singer and television star Jason Taverner who wakes up in a world where he has never existed.
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
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Cover of first edition (hardcover)
Author
Philip K. Dick
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Science fiction, paranoid fiction
Publisher
Doubleday
Publication date
1974
Media type
Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages
231
ISBN
0-7838-9583-6
OCLC
47650715
The book was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1974[1] and a Hugo Award in 1975,[2] and was awarded the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1975.