The Cosmic Puppets a 1957 novel by science fiction author Philip K. Dick. It was expanded from his short story A Glass of Darkness, first published in the December 1956 issue of Satellite Science Fiction.
The Cosmic Puppets was first published as a novel by Ace Books as one half of Ace Double D-249, bound dos-à-dos with Sargasso of Space by Andrew North (better known as Andre Norton).
In addition to using elements of science fiction and fantasy, ...
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The Cosmic Puppets a 1957 novel by science fiction author Philip K. Dick. It was expanded from his short story A Glass of Darkness, first published in the December 1956 issue of Satellite Science Fiction.
The Cosmic Puppets was first published as a novel by Ace Books as one half of Ace Double D-249, bound dos-à-dos with Sargasso of Space by Andrew North (better known as Andre Norton).
In addition to using elements of science fiction and fantasy, The Cosmic Puppets also works as a "small town" novel in the popular sense.
Ted Barton left Millgate, Virginia several years ago, but with his wife Peg, returns to find the town strangely transformed. Street names and landmarks do not exist as he remembered them, and the inhabitants of the town are similarly oblivious to their past. Peg proves intolerant of her husband's interest, and abandons him while he explores the town.
While in Millgate, Barton makes the acquaintance of three sympathetic inhabitants of the town. These are Doctor Meade, a...
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