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Time Out Of Joint
A Science Fiction Novel by Philip K. Dick
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Alternate Reality,
- Psychological Science Fiction,
- 1950s
This book is for you if you're into...
- Suburban 1950s settings with reality slipping at the edges
- Ordinary routines disrupted by surreal, unsettling clues
- Characters questioning the very fabric of their world
"The time is out of joint; O curs'd spite, That ever I was born to set it right!" (William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act I, Scene V)
Ragle Gumm has a unique job: every day he wins a newspaper contest. And when he isn't consulting his charts and tables, he enjoys his life in a small town in 1959. At least, that's what he thinks. But then strange things start happening. He finds a phone book where all the numbers have been disconnected, and a magazine article about a famous starlet he's never heard of named Marilyn Monroe. Plus, everyday objects are beginning to disappear and are replaced by strips of paper with words written on them like "bowl of flowers" and "soft drink stand."
When Ragle skips town to try to find the cause of these bizarre occurrences, his discovery could make him question everything he has ever known.
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