Stuart McConchie (who pre-bomb is a Bay Area TV salesman in the tradition of PKD’s realist novels) runs into frustrations such as his horse being killed and eaten when he parks it at an Oakland pier.Īndrew Gill is a successful entrepreneur, but his company rolls cigarettes by hand automation – as proposed by McConchie - would enormously expand his enterprise.
The main dish is the process of rebuilding humanity after a devastating event. Bloodmoney” is peppered with Dickian strangeness, but only as a spice. So he essentially becomes a radio DJ, engaged in a mutual attempt to stay sane by chatting with and playing music for the people below. Although he and Edie get along well, he longs to exist as a distinct being and see the world.Īll 13 ‘Aliens/Predator’ Universe movies, rankedĪs if that isn’t enough weirdness, this is also the novel where astronaut Walter Dangerfield – whose mission to Mars goes haywire on E-Day – is stuck circling the Earth in his ship. He can transfer into other beings if Edie gets in close contact with them.
The homunculus – which simply means a small humanoid creature (I picture a baseball-sized clay-like being) – is Bill Keller, the twin brother of 7-year-old Edie Keller who lives in her abdomen. As Hoppy’s powers grow, the Marin community depends on him for protection, and we get a lesson in the cure being as dangerous as the disease. However, he gets by with a cart and mechanical extensors – plus telekinetic powers: He can move objects with his mind. The latter, represented by Hoppy Harrington, is a man with stubby, useless limbs. I know these two terms only from PKD works, but the web tells me they are real words. Phocomelus and homunculusĪlso emerging from a massive cast of characters are a phocomelus and a homunculus. Although his name is perhaps a commentary on the military-industrial complex, where special interests get rich from perpetual war, Bluthgeld himself is alternately sympathetic and pathetic.
That said, E Day isn’t specifically his fault. Bluthgeld – a former government scientist who blames himself for a 1972 bomb test in the atmosphere that results in the first wave of mutants – has a power wherein his worries inadvertently become reality. We almost feel bad for Terry as he works hard to bark/speak words such as “Whuuuuuut?” There’s also a rat that can play the nose-flute and cats that build little houses.
The dog can talk, barely, but still has a dog’s level of intelligence and interests. Bloodmoney” does boast some chuckle-worthy Dickian mutants, though. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb” (1965)
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