An edition of The Game-players of Titan (1963)

Los jugadores de Titán

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An edition of The Game-players of Titan (1963)

Los jugadores de Titán

Primera edición.
  • 4.00 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 12 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 9 Have read

The creatures of Saturn's moon Titan have the ability to transform their apearances. They use this ability in the war with Earth. A peace treaty is finally signed, but a series of "games" continue, which could lead to the destruction of the human race.

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Spanish
Pages
237

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Cover of: Los jugadores de Titán
Los jugadores de Titán
2017
in Spanish - Primera edición.
Cover of: The Game-players of Titan (Voyager Classics)
The Game-players of Titan (Voyager Classics)
August 20, 2001, Voyager
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: The game-players of Titan
The game-players of Titan
1992, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.

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Edition Notes

Translation of: The game-players of Titan.

Translation Of
The Game-Players of Titan

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Pagination
237 pages
Number of pages
237

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26937579M
ISBN 10
6070741528, 8445004492
ISBN 13
9786070741524, 9788445004494
OCLC/WorldCat
1013548195

Work Description

The Game-Players of Titan is a 1963 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick.
Pete Garden, the protagonist, is one of several residents who own large swathes of property in a depopulated, post-apocalyptic future world. These residents are organized in groups of regular competitors who play a board game called "Bluff". These contestants (or "Bindmen") stake their property, marriages and future status as eligible game players on its outcomes. Pete also experiences bipolar disorder, which may adversely affect his competence as a Game participant.

The Game is administered by amorphous, silicon-based aliens from Titan, Saturn's largest satellite. These creatures, known as the vugs, are obsessed with gambling. In addition, the Game's exogamy helps to promote human fertility after the devastation of global warfare, after satellite-borne "Henkel Radiation" weaponry from Red China sterilized much of the Earth's population. The vugs exert hegemony over Earth but do not occupy it as such. Instead, it is visualised as a paternalistic relationship. Moreover, while the vugs are telepaths, they do not allow the use of human telepathy or precognition within the context of the Game. The vugs are also involved within human society, using induced hallucination to maintain the semblance of human form. They also perpetuate the charade through the use of physical human shells or simulacra.

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