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Illustrator Paul Demeyer Publication date 1988 Pages 141 pp Originally published 1988 OCLC 17439729 | 3.4/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print (Hardback) ISBN 0-575-04307-5 Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Novel, Science Fiction, Children's literature, Speculative fiction Similar Philip K Dick books, Science Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The ballad of nick and the glimmung
Nick and the Glimmung is a children's science fiction novel, originally written by Philip K. Dick in 1966, it was first published by Gollancz in 1988. It is set on "Plowman's Planet" (Sirius Five), in the same continuity as his adult SF novel, Galactic Pot-Healer.
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Plot summary
Nick, his family, and cat Horace leave Earth in 1992, because pet ownership has been criminalised on that world. Arriving at their new home, Plowman's Planet, the family encounter a series of mishaps at the hands of the planet's varied indigenous inhabitants. A wub carries their luggage, but eats a map, while werjes attack Horace, but their family befriend the aliens, leading to a gift, which turns out to be a history of Plowman's Planet itself. They make the acquaintance of the non-indigenous alien Glimmung, who secures travel for them in return for his lost history of their adopted world. The Graham family encounter duplicates of themselves, and trobes steal Horace. Nick tries to find his pet, but locates their driver, slain in a car accident, and still possessing the book. Nick has it copied, wounding the Glimmung, who rediscovers it. Nick then finds Horace with a Nick duplicate, and the cat chooses his original owner over the simulacrum.