Lies, Inc.

By: Philip K. Dick

Narrated by: Jefferson Mays

“Philip K. Dick knew better than anyone how to recognize the disturbances of exile.”—Roberto Bolaño

When catastrophic overpopulation threatens Earth, one company offers to teleport citizens to Whale’s Mouth, an allegedly pristine new home for happy and industrious émigrés. But there is one problem: the teleportation machine only works in one direction. When Rachmael ben Applebaum discovers that some of the footage of happy settlers may have been faked, he sets out on an eighteen-year journey to see if anyone wants to come back.

Lies, Inc. is one of Philip K. Dick’s final novels, which he expanded from his novella The Unteleported Man shortly before his death. In its examination of totalitarianism, reality, and hallucination, it encompasses everything that Dick’s fans love about his oeuvre.

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Critic reviews

“Philip K. Dick knew better than anyone how to recognize the disturbances of exile.”—Roberto Bolaño, bestselling author of The Spirit of Science Fiction

acid trip

picked this up because i love Jefferson Mays narration. it starts out interesting with entertaining humor. then degrades into a really irritating and cringy lsd trip. I'm in the 3rd chapter of this brain vomit (chapter 10 or 11 i believe) and have decided to throw in the towel as I'm no longer enjoying it at all