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The Zap Gun
By Philip K. Dick
Originally published in 1967
Trade paperback published by Vintage
Currently available
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Plot Summary:
Scaldingly sarcastic yet enduringly empathetic, The
Zap Gun is Dick's remarkable novel depicting the
insanity of the arms race. Lars Powderdry and Lilo
Topchev are counterpart weapons fashion designers for
a world divided into two factions-Wes-bloc and
Peep-East. Since the Plowshare Protocols of 2002,
their job has been to invent elaborate weapons that
only seem massively lethal. But when alien satellites
hostile to both sides appear in the sky, the two are
brought together in the dire hope that they can create
a weapon to save the world, a task made all the more
difficult by Lars falling in love with Lilo even as he
knows she's trying to kill him.
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Reviews
"Although the title brings to mind intergalactic weaponry and mind-blowing space battles, the story (like many others by the author) is based more on the psychological traumas of its main character, Lars Powderdry."
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Review by Jason Koornick, philipkdickfans.com, 2000. |
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