In this award-winning novel, originally published in 1966, Philip K. Dick explores the political and social fallout surrounding the discovery of a parallel universe. With earth suffering mightily under the weight of overpopulation, governments have taken to extreme measures: tens of millions of people have been cryogenically frozen in order to lessen the immediate demand on resources. When a parallel universe is accidentally discovered, politicians such as Jim Briskin, who is campaigning to be America's first black president, believe that this alternate universe might be the answer to the planet's problems. Others have their own objectives for how to use the alternate universe, including billionaire mutant George Wait and private detective Tito Cravelli. All of these plans, however, come to screeching halt when life is discovered in the alternate universe.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Themes, Fiction + Literature Genres, Science Fiction + Fantasy
- Subgenre: Literary, Psychology, General
- Publisher: Mariner Books
- Pages: 202
- Edition: Reissue
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: January 24, 2012
- Date Published: January 24, 2012
- Author: Philip K. Dick