Our Friends from Frolix 8, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 20 relations: Ace Books, Ancestry.com, Class conflict, Darko Suvin, Deus ex machina, Earth, Extrapolation (journal), Jean-Pierre Andrevon, Kim Stanley Robinson, Library Journal, Philip K. Dick, Precognition, Prohibition, Science Fiction Studies, Telekinesis, Telepathy, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), The Simulacra, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, University of Michigan Press.

2. 1970 science fiction novels
3. Novels by Philip K. Dick

Ace Books

Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn. Our Friends from Frolix 8 and Ace Books are ace Books books.

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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Class conflict

In political science, the term class conflict, or class struggle, refers to the political tension and economic antagonism that exist among the social classes of society, because of socioeconomic competition for resources among the social classes, between the rich and the poor.

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Darko Suvin

Darko Ronald Suvin (born Darko Šlesinger) is a Canadian academic, writer and critic who became a professor (now emeritusDavid Johnston,, McGill Reporter, Volume 33, No. 05, November 2, 2000) at McGill University in Montreal.

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Deus ex machina

Deus ex machina (plural: dei ex machina; English "god from the machine") is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly or abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence.

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Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.

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Extrapolation is an academic journal covering speculative fiction, established in 1959.

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Jean-Pierre Andrevon

Jean-Pierre Andrevon (born 19 September 1937 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère) is a French science fiction author, as well as a painter and singer.

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Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer.

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Library Journal

Library Journal is an American trade publication for librarians.

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Philip K. Dick

Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982), often referred to by his initials PKD, was an American science fiction writer and novelist.

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Precognition

Precognition (from the Latin prae- 'before', and cognitio 'acquiring knowledge') is the purported psychic phenomenon of seeing, or otherwise becoming directly aware of, events in the future.

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Prohibition

Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages.

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Science Fiction Studies

Science Fiction Studies (SFS) is an academic journal founded in 1973 by R. D. Mullen.

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Telekinesis

Telekinesis is a hypothetical psychic ability allowing an individual to influence a physical system without physical interaction.

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Telepathy

Telepathy is the purported vicarious transmission of information from one person's mind to another's without using any known human sensory channels or physical interaction.

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The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

The Gazette is a daily print newspaper and online news source published in the American city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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The Simulacra

The Simulacra is a 1964 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. Our Friends from Frolix 8 and The Simulacra are ace Books books and novels by Philip K. Dick.

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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is a 1964 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. Our Friends from Frolix 8 and The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch are novels by Philip K. Dick.

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University of Michigan Press

The University of Michigan Press is a new university press (NUP) that is a part of Michigan Publishing at the University of Michigan Library.

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See also

1970 science fiction novels

• A Maze of Death
• And Chaos Died
• Children of Tomorrow
• Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
• Deryni Rising
• Downward to the Earth
• Enchantress from the Stars
• I Will Fear No Evil
• Lord Tyger
• Lord of the Trees
• One Million Tomorrows
• Operation Ares
• Our Friends from Frolix 8
• Quest for the Future
• Ringworld
• Spaceship Medic
• Spock Must Die!
• Star Light
• Tau Zero
• The Atrocity Exhibition
• The Daleth Effect
• The God Beneath the Sea
• The Guardians (Christopher novel)
• The Incredible Tide
• The Müller-Fokker Effect
• The Pnume
• The Simultaneous Man
• The Star Virus
• The Year of the Quiet Sun
• This Perfect Day
• Time and Again (Finney novel)
• Tower of Glass
• Transmigration (novel)
• Whipping Star

Novels by Philip K. Dick

• A Maze of Death
• A Scanner Darkly
• Clans of the Alphane Moon
• Confessions of a Crap Artist
• Counter-Clock World
• Deus Irae
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
• Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb
• Dr. Futurity
• Eye in the Sky (novel)
• Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
• Galactic Pot-Healer
• Gather Yourselves Together
• Humpty Dumpty in Oakland
• In Milton Lumky Territory
• Martian Time-Slip
• Mary and the Giant
• Nick and the Glimmung
• Now Wait for Last Year
• Our Friends from Frolix 8
• Puttering About in a Small Land
• Radio Free Albemuth
• Solar Lottery
• The Broken Bubble
• The Cosmic Puppets
• The Crack in Space
• The Divine Invasion
• The Game-Players of Titan
• The Ganymede Takeover
• The Man Who Japed
• The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike
• The Man in the High Castle
• The Owl in Daylight
• The Penultimate Truth
• The Simulacra
• The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
• The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
• The Unteleported Man
• The World Jones Made
• The Zap Gun
• Time Out of Joint
• Ubik
• Valis (novel series)
• Valis (novel)
• Voices from the Street
• Vulcan's Hammer
• We Can Build You

References

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