Counter-Clock World

TitleCounter-Clock World
Year for Search1967
AuthorsDick, Philip K[indred](1928-82)
Date Published1967
PublisherBerkley Medallion
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

The world runs backward with the dead being reborn and then getting younger until the sperm and ovary are reabsorbed into their parents' bodies. A number of subthemes are developed regarding a variety of subjects ranging from religion to black power.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1979, with an "Introduction" by David G. Hartwell (v-x); and New York: Vintage Books, 2002. Expanded from his "Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday." Amazing Stories 40.7 (August 1966): 6-27.

Holding Institutions

CSt, PSt

Author Note

(1928-82)

Full Text

1967 Dick, Philip K[indred] (1928-82). Counter-Clock World. New York: Berkley Medallion. Rpt. Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1979, with an “Introduction” by David G. Hartwell (v-x); and New York: Vintage Books, 2002. Expanded from his “Your Appointment Will Be Yesterday.” Amazing Stories 40.7 (August 1966): 6-27. CSt, PSt

The world runs backward with the dead being reborn and then getting younger until the sperm and ovary are reabsorbed into their parents’ bodies. A number of subthemes are developed regarding a variety of subjects ranging from religion to black power.