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.