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Our Friends from Frolix 8
.jpg) Cover of first edition (paperback), illustrated by John Schoenherr | |
| Author | Philip K. Dick |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
Publication date | 1970 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 189 |
| ISBN | 0-441-64400-7 |
| OCLC | 8131785 |
Our Friends from Frolix 8 is a 1970 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was written from 1968 to 1969 and was published the next year by Ace Books. The novel is set in the 22nd century, where humanity is ruled by mutated humans, "New Men" and "Unusuals", while normal "Old Men" are discriminated against. The story follows Nick Appleton, a low-class worker who becomes a subversive to the system. Separately, resistance leader Thors Provoni has left the planet to find an ally to the Old Men, finally returning with an alien from deep in space. The novel is best known for a single scene where the characters discuss the dead body of God having been found in space.
Frolix 8 was written on commission for Ace Books in a period where Dick was short on money, and he himself stated that the book was a "regression" and a "throwaway". The novel is generally viewed as a poorer effort by Dick, with scholars and critics criticizing it for its unoriginality, dialogue and plot; literary scholar Patricia S. Warrick commented that "if an award were given for the most sterile Dick novel, Our Friends from Frolix 8 (1970) would be one of the leading candidates." Some of its ideas were praised, and its themes and contents have been seen as a throwback to Dick's earlier novels. The scene involving the death of God was viewed as foreshadowing themes found in Dick's later works.
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