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  • By: Philip K. Dick
  • Narrated by: Nick Podehl
  • Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (45 ratings)
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Summary

In the future, most of humanity lives in massive underground bunkers, producing weapons for the nuclear war they’ve fled. Constantly bombarded by patriotic propaganda, the citizens of these industrial anthills believe they are waiting for the day when the war will be over and they can return above ground. But when Nick St. James, president of one anthill, makes an unauthorized trip to the surface, what he finds is more shocking than anything he could imagine.
©1964 Philip K Dick (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
Literary Fiction Fantasy Science Fiction
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Another gem from Dick

There I was thinking I'd read all of his work, nope!
This critical piece from the 60s is sick in full swing, his attention on the ordinary folk at times tangled in global events.
Worth a listen for sure!

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Brilliant

The plot points can get a little technical here and there, but overall this is a brilliant concoction from PKD, and well read by the narrator too. Has some parallels to the times we’re living in now too.

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Not for me

I just couldn’t get into this one. I figured what was happening from the very beginning give or take few things. I’ve a lot of respect for Philip K Dick but I just found this one drawn out and not overly exciting to listen to.

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