Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
- 231
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
- John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
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Our view
“Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said” pairs a nightmare premise with Philip K. Dick’s plain, approachable prose. A famous television star wakes up officially nonexistent, in a police state where a person without papers is in danger. Some readers value it as his most emotional novel, above all in how it treats grief; some miss the mind-bending jolt they look for in his work.
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About the book
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said is a 1974 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. The novel is set in a futuristic dystopia where the United States has become a police state in the aftermath of a Second American Civil War. The story follows genetically enhanced pop singer and television star Jason Taverner, who wakes up in a world where he has never existed.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 239 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 62% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 22 | 9% |
| Google Books | 7.0 | 9 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 208 | 87% |
Frequently asked
How long is Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said?
It has 231 pages — shorter than 89% of the ranked books in Classics.
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