Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said is a 1974 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick set in a dystopian future where a police state has formed in the U.S. after another civil war. The plot concerns a pop singer who one day wakes up in a world where he no longer seems to exist. First printing of this first paperback edition published by DAW Books featuring cover art by Hans Ulrich Osterwalder and Ute Osterwalder.
Softcover. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. DAW Books No. 146 ($1.50). "First Printing" stated on the copyright. New York: DAW Books, 1975. John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner (1975). Nebula Award nominee (1974). Hugo Award nominee (1975). Levack 16c. Wintz & Hyde SF10.2. ISBN: 451UW116150. #10513.
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Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick is set in the United States in what was then a future 1988. Following a Second Civil War, a totalitarian police state has formed in the United States, and using surveillance and national ID cards has enforced social order. As the story opens, famous singer and television host, Jason Taverner, has just completed the latest episode of his popular TV show. Jason is a genetically engineered, elite member of society known as a "six". After a violent quarrel with an ex-lover, Jason is rushed to the hospital, but instead of waking up in a hospital bed, he wakes up in a cheap motel with all his identification cards missing. It soon becomes apparent to him that no one knows who he is anymore. With no identification, he is afraid of being arrested by the police, which could result in being sent to a labor camp. Helped by a mentally unstable police informant named Kathy, he obtains some forged ID cards, but the police are still after him and convinced he's mixed up in a conspiracy plot against the state. The only link back to his old life is the sister of the Police General, who knows his true identity and has been experimenting with a reality-warping drug that might explain a thing or two.