Counter-Clock World

by Philip K. Dick

While in the Hobart Phase, time begins to move in reverse and the dead rise from their graves to life. Of particular concern to those in charge is the return of one Anarch Peak, a man whose religion, founded in his youth, has since become staggeringly popular.

Available editions of Counter-Clock World

	9780375719332, Paperback, Vintage Books, 2002 $5.83 (Very Good) Other copies of 9780375719332

	9780839824855, Hardcover, Gregg Pr, 1979 $144.98 (Very Good-) Other copies of 9780839824855

Publisher Notes

In Counter-Clock World, one of the most theologically probing of all of Dick’s books, the world has entered the Hobart Phase–a vast sidereal process in which time moves in reverse. As a result, libraries are busy eradicating books, copulation signifies the end of pregnancy, people greet with, “Good-bye,” and part with, “Hello,” and underneath the world’s tombstones, the dead are coming back to life. One imminent old-born is Anarch Peak, a vibrant religious leader whose followers continued to flourish long after his death. His return from the dead has such awesome implications that those who apprehend him will very likely be those who control the fate of the world.

Winner of both the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards for best novel, widely regarded as the premiere science fiction writer of his day, and the object of cult-like adoration from his legions of fans, Philip K. Dick has come to be seen in a literary light that defies classification in much the same way as Borges and Calvino. With breathtaking insight, he utilizes vividly unfamiliar worlds to evoke the hauntingly and hilariously familiar in our society and ourselves.

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