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    Lies, Inc.

    Written by Philip K. Dick

    Narrated by Luke Daniels

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    When catastrophic overpopulation threatens Earth, one company offers to teleport citizens to Whale's Mouth, an allegedly pristine new home for happy and industrious émigrés. But there is one problem: the teleportation machine works in only one direction. When Rachmael ben Applebaum discovers that some of the footage of happy settlers may have been faked, he sets out on an eighteen-year journey to see if anyone wants to come back.

    Lies, Inc. is one of Philip K. Dick's final novels, which he expanded from his novella The Unteleported Man shortly before his death. In its examination of totalitarianism, reality, and hallucination, it encompasses everything that Dick's fans love about his oeuvre.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 18, 2011
    ISBN9781455832194
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    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.

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    Reviews for Lies, Inc.

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    • 3/5
      Even as a fairly strong PKDick enthusiast, it was hard to enjoy this one. Like other works typical of his final writings, this book also meanders through a bevy of half-formed ideas. A madness infects these works that repeatedly hints at the writer's brilliance, but unfortunately he can't reign in his enthusiasm for big ideas like reality, meaning, sanity, identity, government, corporatism, etc. into a cohesive plot. With some bits of comedy, suspense and occasional insight into the universe and human condition, this book should still be skipped when greater realizations of the author's vision can be enjoyed elsewhere in his earlier oeuvre.
    • 3/5
      As many people have already said, it is one of his lesser works. I will agree on that point that I enjoyed Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and A Scanner Darkly much more than Lies, Inc. Some things to be considered is the afterword which mentions the quite interesting publishing history of the complete novel as we see it now. It had a somewhat disjointed publishing history and part of that reflects the "disjointed narrative" that Shibberson may be talking about. I think this adds a distinct depth to the book that makes it all the more interesting, if not confusing sometimes. It is almost as if you the reader are experiencing the same kind of "bouleversement" that Rachmael experiences when he imagines he is a rat, or the LSD dart episode and the continuation of that experience. All in all, it was an interesting read that deserves perhaps, more of a solid approach with heavy notes to keep track of everything. If anything, I would suggest reading the afterword first and the continue on to read the novel.
    • 3/5
      All of Dick's familiar themes are there - deception of the media, shameless big corporations calling the shots, the blur between reality and fantasy - but for some reason this novel didn't really engross me as much as I thought it would. I found the disjointed narrative sometimes confusing to follow, which made it a disorientating read almost to the degree of "What the hell is happening here?!?! Which of this is meant to be real?!?!
    • 3/5
      I read this a few years ago. Not much to remember except that this was not close to blade runner. Dry and stilted. I look forward to reading another P. Dick novel. Depending on whether its similar to this or blade runner will determine if I read a third
    • 2/5
      Whoo, boy. Unless you like your Philip K. Dick mixed with a heavy dose of Hunter S. Thompson, avoid this book like the plague. If you don't believe me, read the afterword first, which explains how the book went through several iterations - it's a Frankenstein's monster of parts and revisions.
    • 3/5
      The premise is baller: Earth is overcrowded, an evil genius invents and then capitalizes on a one-way teleportation system to a habitable planet (Whale's Mouth) outside the solar system. Rachmael ben Applebaum surmises that the grass might not be so green on the other side of the Telpor gates and decides to take his ship out there the long way (18 year one-way trip) to see if anyone wants to join the Earthling ranks again. The teleportation syndicate's attempts to thwart his journey leave him without a deep-sleep component. Hooray! Love reading about descents into madness. Except... this was too bizarre and disjointed. Disappointing! Shockingly, the inhabitants of Whale's Mouth have been conscripted into an army with the purpose of conquering Earth (turns out the teleportation system CAN function both ways... everyone's pretty upset with themselves that they fell for the evil genius's ruse). Hopefully this is one of his worst - I like the drug-trip feel of his writing, but this was WAY garbled.
    • 4/5
      An odd little book for sure, but very well written, very human and very Dickian.
    • 2/5
      Conspiracies, unreliable appearances, multiple realities, mental illness, drug induced altered states - so far, so Dick. But apparently 20 years after he wrote the 1st version Dick added a huge section where a man suffers an LSD induced breakdown, which mirrors Dick's own state of mind at the time, & frankly makes hardly any sense. Really disappointing.