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Radio free Albemuth

by Philip K. Dick

In an alternate 1969, the United States descends into fascism under a paranoid president. A science-fiction writer and a record executive seek to overthrow the regime, aided by transmissions from a mysterious extraterrestrial intelligence.

Accession 8832 ISBN 0586069364 Publisher Grafton
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