#10875 Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb. Philip K. Dick.
Philip K. Dick

Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb

Dr. Bloodmoney is a 1965 post-apocalyptic novel by Philip K. Dick about what happens after a devastating nuclear strike on the United States.

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.


Softcover. First Edition, Paperback Original. Ace F-337 ($0.40). New York: Ace, 1965. Nebula Award nominee (1965). Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (47). Levack 13a. PA-SF7.1. #10875.
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Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb is a post-apocalyptic novel by Philip K. Dick about what happens after a devastating nuclear war breaks out. It was written in 1965. Most of the action is set in northern California, where many of the surviving characters flock together and assemble into self-governing communities, eventually building up a sort of rural barter economy. The man primarily responsible for everything, Dr. Bloodmoney himself, survives the nuclear strikes and starts to develop strange, magical powers. Mutations and supernatural abilities are common now after the widespread radiation fallout. Meanwhile, an astronaut-turned-disc jockey, whose mission to Mars was disrupted by the nuclear attacks, offers comfort to the survivors below through his entertaining and heartfelt radio broadcasts, while his broken-down satellite endlessly orbits the Earth. Darkly funny, and rich with a wide cast of eccentric characters. The title, an obvious and fitting reference to Dr. Strangelove, was not Dick’s original choice, but it took after his editor, Donald Wollheim, suggested it.