The Cosmic Puppets

Name: The Cosmic Puppets
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 2.8 (4 reviews)
Author: Philip K. Dick
ISBN: 9798894863788

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: David Aaron Baker

Unabridged: 5 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/18/2025

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Following an inexplicable urge, Ted Barton returns to his idyllic Virginia hometown for a vacation, but when he gets there, he is shocked to discover that the town has utterly changed. The stores and houses are all different and he doesn’t recognize anybody. The mystery deepens when he checks the town’s historical records … and reads that he died nearly twenty years earlier. As he attempts to uncover the secrets of the town, Barton is drawn deeper into the puzzle, and into a supernatural battle that could decide the fate of the universe.

About Philip K. Dick

Over a writing career that spanned three decades, PHILIP K. DICK (1928–1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralized power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned to deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film, notably Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly, as well as television's The Man in the High Castle. The recipient of critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout his career, including the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards, Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005, and between 2007 and 2009, the Library of America published a selection of his novels in three volumes. His work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

Reviews

Goodreads review by J.L. on January 22, 2022

"Maybe he wasn't Ted Barton. False memories. Even his name, his identity. The whole contents of his mind - everything. Falsified...But if he wasn't Ted Barton - then who was he?" After reading lots of PK Dick short stories, it was interesting to read something with even more twists and turns. PK Dick......more

Goodreads review by Susan on May 12, 2019

PKD ~ Where have you been all my life? I never read Philip K. Dick before this year, but I finally decided to give him a try. I read through all the book blurbs and chose Ubik to be my introduction to this author who is revered by many, yet virtually unknown to me. I wanted to make a good choice bec......more

Goodreads review by David on June 18, 2024

My 18th PKD novel. One of the author's earliest works - written in 1953, pub. 1957 - 'TCP' soon brings to mind the kind of surreal-yet-close-to-reality storylines found in 'The Twilight Zone'. ~ although 'TTZ' wouldn't begin airing episodes until 1959. Maybe Rod Serling followed PKD early on. Even th......more

Goodreads review by Dagio_maya on February 26, 2020

Pubblicato nel 1957- Titolo originale“ A glass of darkness” “La giornata era torrida. Tremule onde di calore salivano dalla strada, per svanire poi nel catrame che scorreva dolcemente, frusciando, sotto le ruote della macchina. Il sole estivo inondava le fattorie sulla collina, le distese verde scu......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on April 10, 2021

4.5 stars. The Cosmic Puppets is one of PKD's outstanding early works, featuring hallmarks of many of what would become his regular tropes (with mind altering drugs a glaring exception). Most evident are the theological (the epic struggle of good vs evil) and ontological themes. The story itself is......more