Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb
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Dr. Bloodmoney, a 1965 novel by Phillip K. Dick, is a story set in a post-apocalyptic future that has been shaken to its core by nuclear attacks that killed millions and left even more "sports", or mutated humans and animals, dwelling in all radioactive areas. The novel is one of Phillip K. Dick's most acclaimed novels, filled with some of his most memorable characters, such as 'Hoppy' Harrington, the sport with the ability to manipulate objects with his mind. Or, the strange dichotomy existing within a seemingly ordinary schoolgirl, Edie Keller, and the half-dead body of her telekinetic conjoined twin existing inside of her appendix. This is a parallel to Phil Dick's relation with his own dead twin, with whom he believed he had a strong psychic connection. The book's most intriguing character, however, may be orbiting disc jockey Walt Dangerfield, who, although harboring hypochondrial tendencies and a deep loneliness after the suicide of his wife, spreads a message of hope and unity throughout the battered world.
The name of the book was suggested by Dick's publisher, in order to capitalise on the success of the movie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, which was released the year before the book was published.
