Books like Galactic pot-healer by Philip K. Dick
Galactic Pot‑Healer, written by American author Philip K. Dick and first published in 1969, explores philosophical and political themes such as repressive societies, fatalism, and the search for meaning in life. The narrative centers on a pot‑healer living under a totalitarian regime who is suddenly summoned by an alien deity named Glimmung. Glimmung brings him into an interspecies team tasked with retrieving a lost cathedral on the planet Plowman’s Planet, also known as Sirius Five, from a surreal alien ocean.
First publish date: 1969
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Philip K. Dick
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