Description
In a future devastated by global conflict, millions of people live underground, laboring to build weapons for a war they believe is still raging on the surface. When evidence begins to challenge the official story, the fragile society sustained by fear and propaganda starts to unravel, drawing one ordinary man into a dangerous search for the truth. Blending political satire with paranoia, social control, and questions about the nature of reality, the novel offers a sharp examination of media manipulation and manufactured consent. Its inventive, unsettling style showcases Philip K. Dick’s enduring influence on science fiction.
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paperback
Gollancz
Published Feb 10, 2005
320 pages
ISBN: 9780575074811
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Details
First Published
1964
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick.