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Our Friends from Frolix Eight

Philip K. Dick · 1970 · Novel

Setting: far future

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.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: FictionFiction in EnglishScience FictionLife on other planetsHuman-alien encountersAliensFuture lifeFiction, science fiction, generalFICTION / Science Fiction / GeneralFICTION / Literary

openlibrary_id: OL2172420W

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