The Man Who Japed

Philip K. Dick

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Dec 18, 2007 - Fiction - 176 pages

The Man Who Japed is Dick's mesmerizing and terrifying tale of a society so eager for order that it will sacrifice anything, including its freedom. Newer York is a post-holocaust city governed by the laws of an oppressively rigid morality. Highly mobile and miniature robots monitor the behavior of every citizen, and the slightest transgression can spell personal doom. Allen Purcell is one of the few people who has the capacity to literally change the way of the world, and once he's offered a high-profile job that acts as guardian of public ethics, he sets out to do precisely that. But first he must deal with the head in his closet.


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About the author

Philip K. Dick was born in Chicago in 1928 and lived most of his life in California. He briefly attended the University of California, but dropped out before completing any classes. In 1952, he began writing professionally and proceeded to write numerous novels and short-story collections. He won the Hugo Award for the best novel in 1962 for The Man in the High Castle and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year in 1974 for Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Philip K. Dick died on March 2, 1982, in Santa Ana, California, of heart failure following a stroke.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Man Who Japed
• Author: Philip K. Dick
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007
• ISBN: 0307428982, 9780307428981
• Length: 176 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / General