Review
?Dick was a sci-fi poet of paranoia.? ?
The New York Times?One of the last century?s real masters?and most unconventional practitioners?of science fiction.? ?
Book Magazine?What Franz Kafka was to the first half of the 20th century, Philip K. Dick is to the second half.? ?
Art Spiegelman?One of the most original writers of the 20th century. . . . Dick?s books are fun to read, full of action and humor and strong characters. They?re more than a little paranoid . . . but he keeps the pages turning and keeps readers guessing about what?s real and what isn?t.? ?
The Oregonian?Dick combines Franz Kafka?s pervasive sense of existential dread with George Orwell?s cautionary vision of the future.? ?
Boston Herald ?Dick specialized in dystopian futures, altered realities, and the effect of technology on humanity. He was a visionary writing 40 years ago about issues that have only recently become significant.? ?
USA Today
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Book Description
WHAT HAD ANSWERED MANKIND'S CALL FOR HELP
Thors Provoni had gone to the stars to seek help for his fellow men. So far there was no evidence that any other intelligent race existed out there at all, let alone one willing to aid ordinary homo sapiens on in Earth where he had become a second-class citizen. For in the 22nd Century dominance in human affairs had passed to a cabal of genetic freaks - telepaths, precogs, 'New Men' with IQs which went off the scale - and ordinary men didn't have much of a chance.
Suddenly a message came from Provoni. He was coming back, miraculously, with friends from Frolix 8 to champion the 'Old Men'. But who, or what, and just how friendly, were these friends?
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