Welcome to Litsy!

Published in 1964, this remarkable novel imagines a future in which World War III happened, forcing humanity to take refuge in underground "ant tanks" to survive. On the surface, the war ended long ago; the economy is based on perpetuating "the big lie" that it's still going on so the tank residents will keep producing robot labor for the surface dwellers. Fascinating, especially in our time of deep fakes and disinformation. Also, I love the title

A disturbing portrait of the exercise of future political power after a nuclear war.

#sciencefiction #PhilipKDick #dystopia

Good to be back in PKD's distorted reality - that's probably not a good thing, now I think about it 🤔

"A fog can drift in from outside and get you; it can invade" ? #sfmasterworks #scifi #novel

The year is 1982, faaaaah into the fuuuchaaaa... World War 3 is ongoing and has obliterated half the world's population, leaving radiation and a terrible plague in its wake… But did it really? I have mixed feelings about this novel. The premise is great. The 1% has placed the rest of the world population underground in "ant tanks," for their own protection WINK WINK. But there are a ton of loose threads in the book, and the ending is like "huh?"

Scary and, given recent events, worryingly plausible.

Note: The only trouble is I kept misreading 'leadies' (the mechanical servants) as 'ladies' which occasionally got quite confusing!

I keep misreading the title as The Penultimate Dick...

A chapter a day