Description
A physician from the modern world is unexpectedly transported into a distant future where civilization has been transformed by catastrophe, shifting power, and radically altered social customs. Struggling to understand this unfamiliar society, he is drawn into a perilous effort to save a life while confronting the consequences of humanity’s choices across time. Blending time-travel adventure with sharp social commentary, the novel explores medicine, race, cultural power, destiny, and the uneasy relationship between progress and survival. Its fast-moving speculative premise and unsettling reversals reflect Philip K. Dick’s enduring fascination with identity, history, and the fragility of reality.
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paperback
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
Published Jan 1, 2013
177 pages
ISBN: 9780547840499
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Details
First Published
1960
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Dr. Futurity by Philip K. Dick.