Lies, Inc.: A Novel
<p>a Masterwork By Philip K. Dick, This Is The Final, Expanded Version Of The Novellla <i>the Unteleported Man</i>, Which Dick Worked On Shortly Before His Death. In <i>lies, Inc.</i>, Fans Of The Science Fiction Legend Will Immediately Recognize His Hallmark Themes Of Life In A Security State, Conspiracy, And The Blurring Of Reality And Illusion. This Publication Marks Its First Complete Appearance In The United States.<br><br>in This Wry, Paranoid Vision Of The Future, Overpopulation Has Turned Cities Into Cramed Industrial Anthills. For Those Sick Of This Dystopian Reality, One Corporation, Trails Of Hoffman, Inc., Promises An Alternative: Take A Teleport To Whale's Mouth, A Colonized Planet Billed As The Supreme Paradise. The Only Catch Is That You Can Never Comeback. When A Neurotic Man Named Rachmael Ben Applebaum Discovers That The Promotional Films Of Happy Crowds Cheering Their Newfound Existence On Whale's Mouth Are Faked, He Decides To Pilot A Scapeship On The Eighteen-year Journey There To See If Anyone Wants To Return.</p><h3>library Journal</h3><p>this Is A Longer Version Of Dick's 1964 Novella The Unteleported Man. Typical Of The Author's Dark Imaginings, It Reveals A Future Earth So Overpopulated That A Company Offers Free Transport To A Paradiselike Planet Called Whale's Mouth To Those Willing To Leave Permanently. When Protagonist Rachmael Learns That The Images Used To Lure The Colonists Are Fake, He Travels To Whale's Mouth To See If Those Stranded Want To Come Home. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.</p>