About
Dr. Bloodmoney is Philip K. Dick's darkly comic riff on Dr. Strangelove, a look at how humanity gets along after
the end of the world. This Nebula Award nominee has all the wild characters and twisty science fiction plotting
that Dick fans know and love.
What happens after the bombs drop? This is the troubling question Philip K. Dick addresses with Dr. Bloodmoney,
or How We Got Along After the Bomb. It is the story of a world reeling from the effects of nuclear
annihilation and fallout, a world where mutated humans and animals are the norm, and the scattered survivors
take comfort from a disc jockey endlessly circling the globe in a broken-down satellite. And hidden amongst
the survivors is Dr. Bloodmoney himself, the man responsible for it all. This bizarre cast of characters cajole,
seduce, and backstab in their attempts to get ahead in what is left of the world, consequences and casualties
be damned. A sort of companion to Dr. Strangelove, an unofficial and unhinged sequel, Dick's novel is just as
full of dark comedy and just as chilling.
