The man who japed

Philip K. Dick

Original title: The Man Who Japed

first published 1956 Ace Books, 1956 paperback 320 pages

The Man Who Japed is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in 1956. Although one of Dick's lesser-known novels, it features several of the ideas and themes that recur throughout his later works. The "jape[s]" or practical jokes of the novel begin with a statue's unconventional decapitation. The Man Who Japed was first published by Ace Books as one half of Ace Double D-193, bound...

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Le profanateur paperback · 2013 · J'ai lu · 251 pages · 9782290033562
Man Who Japed edition · 2012 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers · 192 pages · 9780547572536
Man Who Japed edition · 2012 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company · 176 pages · 9780547760438
The man who japed edition · 2002 · Vintage Books · 168 pages
The man who japed edition · 1978 · Magnum Books · 158 pages
The Space-Born and The Man Who Japed paperback · 1956 · Ace Books · 320 pages · 9780441041930
Der Heimliche Rebell paperback · 9783811835290

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