num_pages: 214
description: Set in the middle of the twenty-first century, The Simulacra is the story of an America where the whole government is a fraud and the President is an android. Against this backdrop Dr. Superb, the sole remaining psychotherapist, is struggling to practice in a world full of the maladjusted. Ian Duncan is desperately in love with the first lady, Nicole Thibideaux, who he has never met. Richard Kongrosian refuses to see anyone because he is convinced his body odor is lethal. And the fascistic Bertold Goltz is trying to overthrow the government. With wonderful aplomb, Philip K. Dick brings this story to a crashing conclusion and in classic fashion shows there is always another layer of conspiracy beneath the one we see.
language: English
title: The Simulacra
titlecomplete: The Simulacra
characters: Bertold Goltz, Egon Superb, Richard Kongrosian, Nicole Thibideaux, Ian Duncan
genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Time Travel, Dystopia, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Literature, Fiction, Science Fiction, Cyberpunk
ratings_count: 5414
publisher: Random House Vintage Books