The Man Who Japed
Post-apocalyptic novel that takes place in the future, long after a global nuclear war has devastated much of the world. The new totalitarian regime, Moral Reclamation (“Morec”), is an ultra-conservative society governed by very strict and puritanical laws. Order becomes disrupted when someone starts playing insulting pranks on the government. Dick's third published novel. Signed by Dick on the title page. Part of a group of titles that PKD signed for a collector at the 1972 World Science Fiction Convention in Los Angeles, in one of his rare convention appearances.
Published by Ace Books as an Ace Double D-193 ($0.35), bound with The Space-Born by E. C. Tubb.
Softcover. First Edition, Paperback Original. New York: Ace, 1956. Levack 24a. #10870.
Sharp near fine copy with slight wear at spine ends and a few minor soft creases.