The Penultimate Truth (1964)
The Penultimate Truth contains elements of the stories "The Defenders and "The Mold of Yancy". It is a story about fake war images and speeches of a simulacrum president broadcast to the masses living underground in fear while the elite have the world to themselves. Who could write better about this than Philip K. Dick?
New: Foreign editions of Philip K. Dick books.
American Editions
- Belmont 1964, 174 pages, 50c, paperback
- Leisure 1975, 174 pages, 95c, paperback
- Dell 1980, 238 pages, $1.95, paperback
- Bluejay 1984, 201 pages, $5.95, trade paperback
- Carroll & Graf 1989, 220 pages, $3.95, paperback
- Vintage 2004, 208 pages, $12, trade paperback
- Mariner 2012, 256 pages, $13.95, trade paperback
British Editions
- Cape 1967, 254 pages, hard cover
- Penguin 1970, 221 pages, paperback
- Panther 1978, 207 pages, 95p, paperback
- Panther 1984, 207 pages, paperback (same cover by Peter Goodfellow as the 1978 edition)
- Triad Grafton 1987, 240 pages, £2.50, paperback
- Grafton 1992, 224 pages, £4.99, paperback
- Voyager 1998, trade paperback
- Gollancz 2005, 208 pages, £6.99, trade paperback
- Gollancz 2013, 208 pages, £8.99, trade paperback
Cover Gallery
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| Belmont, 1964 | Cape, 1967 | Penguin, 1970 | Leisure, 1975 | Panther, 1978 |
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| Dell, 1980 | Bluejay, 1984 | Triad Grafton, 1987 | Carroll and Graf, 1989 | Grafton, 1992 |
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| Voyager, 1998 | Vintage, 2004 | Gollancz, 2005 | Mariner, 2012 | Gollancz, 2013 |
Foreign Editions
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| PREDPOSLEDNI PRAWDA | LA VERITE AVANT DERNIERE | LA VERITE AVANT DERNIERE | LA VERITE AVANT DERNIERE | |
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| 2015 | 2012 | 1974 | 1979 | 1983 |
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| LA VERITE AVANT DERNIERE | LA VERITE AVANT DERNIERE | La v?©rit?© avant derni?®re | ZEHN YAHRE NACH DEM BLITZ | ZEHN JAHRE NACH DEM BLITZ |
| france | france | france | germany | germany |
| 1989 | 2000 | 2014 | 1970 | 1975 |
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| ZEHN JAHRE NACH DEM BLITZ | LA PENULTIMA VERITA | LA PENULTIMA VERITA | LA PENULTIMA VERITA | |
| germany | greece | italy | italy | italy |
| 1984 | 2004 | 1966 | 1981 | 1999 |
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| LA PENULTIMA VERITA | LA PENULTIMA VERITA | UUR DER WAARHEID | ||
| italy | italy | japan | japan | netherlands |
| 1999 | 2008 | 1984 | 2007 | 1971 |
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| PRAWDA POLOSTATECZNA | A PENULTIMA VERDADE | LA PENULTIMA VERDAD | ||
| poland | portugal | russia | russia | spain |
| 2002 | 1984 | 2005 | 1976 |
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| LA PENULTIMA VERDAD | LA PENULTIMA VERDAD |
| spain | spain |
| 2004 | 2020 |
Related Stuff
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| The Defenders, Galaxy, 01/1953 | The Mold of Yancy, If Worlds of Science Fiction, 08/1955 |