WE CAN BUILD YOU
by Dick, Philip K[indred]
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- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (4407)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
[London]: Severn House, [1988]. First hardcover edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (4407). Octavo, boards. A land speculator plans a lunar eutopia with tract houses populated by simulacra to entice people to emigrate to the Moon. However, the main theme of the story is human empathy, the lack of which makes a human no different than a machine. MASA's Lincoln simulacrum proves to be more in touch with reality than the humans in Dick's future society, in which many are diagnosed as schizophrenic by the dictatorial Federal Bureau of Mental Health. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-173. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 338.
Synopsis
We Can Build You is a 1972 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. Written in 1962, it remained unpublished until appearing in serial form as A. Lincoln, Simulacrum in the November 1969 and January 1970 issues of Amazing Stories magazine.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4407
- Title
- WE CAN BUILD YOU
- Author
- Dick, Philip K[indred]
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (4407)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First hardcover edition
- Publisher
- Severn House
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- [1988]
- Keywords
- SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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