Erschienen: Januar 2007 bei Tor (auf englisch).
Heute begonnen, aber noch nicht sehr weit.
Es handelt sich um ein extrem frühes, vorher noch nie veröffentliches Mainstream-Werk des Autors, der die Science Fiction so maßgeblich prägte.
Klappentext:
Stuart Hadley is a young radio electronics salesman in early 1950s Oakland, California. He has what many would consider the ideal life; a nice house, a pretty wife, a decent job with prospects for advancement, but he still feels unfulfilled; something is missing from his life. Hadley is an angry young man--an artist, a dreamer, a screw-up. He tries to fill his void first with drinking, and sex, and then with religious fanaticism, but nothing seems to be working, and it is driving him crazy. He reacts to the love of his wife and the kindness of his employer with anxiety and fear.
This is the story of Hadley´s descent into depression and madness, and the story of his redemption.
Voisces from the street is one of the earliest books that Dick ever wrote, and his only novel that has never been published, not even in a small-press edition.
Philip K. Dick has developed a reputation as an American writer whose powerful vision became an ironic reflection of the present. This novel completes the publication of his canon.
Über den Autor laut Klappentext:
Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) was born in Chicago and lifed most of his life in California.
He was the author of forty-four published novels and more than 120 short stories. His wirk the man in the high castle was awarded the Hugo award for science fiction in 1963. Flow my tears, the policeman said received the John W. Campbell Memorial award in 1974.
Dick´s work have been honored with numerous other awards in the united states and abroad. His work is published in 25 countries. Nine of Dicks works have been adapted for film, including his book Do android dream of electric sheep? (Blade Runner) and his short stories “We can remember it for wholesale” (Total Recall) and “The minority report”. Most recently, his novel A scanner darkly has been adapted for the screen. In 2007 the tenth film will be released, based on Dick´s short story The Golden Man. More are in works.
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