Lies, Inc.

Name: Lies, Inc.
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Philip K. Dick
ISBN: 9798894864174

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Jefferson Mays

Unabridged: 8 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/17/2025

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The solution to Earth’s overpopulation holds a dark secret in this science fiction novel from the author of Do
Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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 only works in 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.
“Philip K. Dick knew better than anyone how to recognize the disturbances of exile.”—Roberto Bolaño,
bestselling author of The Spirit of Science Fiction

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 Jack on January 31, 2016

Wow, what an unmitigated disaster this was. What starts out as a pretty typical PKD tale, if a bit straightforward for him, descends into a hallucinogenic mess that was impossible for me to wade through. This is an expansion (rejected by his publisher) of his 1966 novella, The Unteleported Man, whic......more

Goodreads review by P.E. on May 04, 2020

Lies, Inc. Features one of the best bad trips conceived by PKD. Ever. Matching Soundtrack : Can - Aumgn......more

Goodreads review by Sandy on August 17, 2011

Of all the sci-fi novels by cult author Philip K. Dick, "The Unteleported Man"--in its later, expanded version known as "Lies, Inc."--has the most complicated publishing history. Those who are interested in the minutiae of this nearly 40-year saga are advised to seek out Paul Williams' afterword in......more

Goodreads review by David on June 29, 2024

Dick's supreme statement on paranoia and the unknowability of reality. Yes, it's a giant mess, but so is consciousness. So is everything. A lot of the reviews I've read online seem to think that the infamous "LSD sequence" in the middle of the book introduces plot holes. I think it's clear, however,......more

Goodreads review by Gregory on October 27, 2012

If you don't have some time to dedicate to this novel then don't bother picking it up. The amount of detail is abstract on it's own. The story is very typical of Dick - Nazis won the big one - everyone has a German sounding name - teleportation devices with unknown destinations - otherworldly soldie......more