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| Author | Philip K. Dick |
|---|---|
| State | The states |
| Linguistic communication | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Berkley Books |
| Publication date | 1967 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 160 |
Counter-Clock Earth is a 1967 science fiction novel by American author Philip Thousand. Dick. It was expanded from his short story "Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday", offset published in the August 1966 edition of Astonishing Stories.
The novel describes a future in which time has started to move in reverse, resulting in the expressionless reviving in their own graves ("quondam-nascence"), living their lives in reverse, and eventually returning to the womb where they split into an egg and a sperm during copulation between a recipient woman and a man.
Plot summary [edit]
The story takes place in a (then-future) fictional 1998, and centers on Anarch Tiptop, a black religious leader who had died in 1971 and is expected to ascent soon. Sebastian Hermes, an owner of a small Vitarium (a business organisation that digs up the dead and gives them the handling they need before returning them to society), discovers Elevation'due south resurrection is imminent. Afterwards accidentally discovering the burial place of Peak, he decides, against the police force, to dig up the body before the Anarch awakes. (Equally with gimmicky controversies nearly brain decease, it seems not to be judged morally significant if a heartbeat can exist heard, but information technology is illegal to dig anyone upward earlier they start talking, which suggests resumed brain function is a mark of "old-birth.")
Diverse groups are interested in controlling the diplomacy of the 'old-born', such as the Vitaria (technically, a person resurrected is in the legal custody of their Vitarium until claimed by family unit members) and the Library, an organization dedicated to erasing books which accept passed beyond the initial date at which they were written.
Religious institutions are besides interested in 'old-nativity', especially in the resurrection of Anarch Peak in the case of the Udites (an African-American religion) and The Rome Syndicate (the highest authorisation in Caucasian matters, as well as the owner of numerous religious artifacts and other items, like a syringe that tin can stop the Hobart Phase for brusk periods of time). These factions then debate over the ownership of Anarch Tiptop after his resurrection. When the Library kidnaps Anarch Peak, both factions ship Sebastian Hermes to recover him. In the end Peak is killed and at that place may be an interracial state of war equally a consequence of Peak'southward permanent death.
The Hobart Stage [edit]
The Hobart Stage is the new order of life where people ascent from the dead and are rejuvenated. Time reversal apparently began in 1986. Other than aging, Hobart Stage resurrection has changed nutritional and excretion processes and associated social taboos. People practise not eat, but instead eat "Sogum" anally through a pipe, and later "plop" out food orally, which is done in private, due to its 'shameful' nature. Every bit for smoking, cigarettes are no longer smoked, but the smoke instead blown back into them, making them abound dorsum to normal size (this too clears and freshens the air). "Goodbye" and "hello" have reversed their guild within standard greetings, and "nutrient" is used as a drop-in replacement for the curse "shit". Information technology is stated that Mars colonists practice not have the Hobart Stage on their world, and information technology is limited to Earth, and presumably its lunar colonies as well.
Divided United states [edit]
Equally hinted in the book, the United States of America has been partitioned into eastern and western segments. Hawaii and Alaska have also seceded from the WUS and FNM, but this is only mentioned in passing. In the WUS (Western United States), California is predominantly white, while the eastern "Gratis Negro Municipality" (FNM) is inhabited by African Americans. The fictitious faith of Uditi is the national religion of the E. Uditi is an offshoot of Christianity with apparent influences from Roman Catholicism and the Rastafari movement, and is centered on "the udi", an experience of a group mind.
Inhabitants of the WUS view the religion with suspicion, and it is hinted that their media demonizes its adherents. Library-sanctioned murders and civil unrest are claimed to exist the works of religious fanatics. FNM currency is claimed to exist worthless, as is WUS currency (stated earlier in the volume), but its citizens ignore this due to patriotism.
External links [edit]
- Counter-Clock World championship listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
See also [edit]
- Reverse chronology
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