Philip K. Dick: Flow, My Tears, The Policeman Said (Paperback, 2007, TRAFALGAR SQUARE +)
paperback, 208 pages
Publié 11 août 2007 par TRAFALGAR SQUARE +.
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said is a 1974 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. The story follows a genetically enhanced pop singer and television star who wakes up in a world where he has never existed. The novel is set in a futuristic dystopia, where the United States has become a police state in the aftermath of a Second Civil War. It was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1974 and a Hugo Award in 1975, and was awarded the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1975.
TV star Jason Taverner is no more. Overnight, he looses his ID cards, the records about him in the official databases have strangely vanished and no one seems to know him any more. Even the songs he recorded don’t exist any more. In an oppressing police state, Jason struggels not to get arrested.
This story could almost be summarized as an exploration of the Hegelian dialectic of recognition. How is my reality, my self, impacted by the way people perceive me, or choose to not perceive, or are unable to perceive me because I seemingly do not exist. The work is neat, no doubt, but left me somewhat unsatisfied.
