"We
are living in a world dominated by mass media, images, signs, and
any other simulacra. It is a realm of hyperreality and simulations
where truths no longer exist."
Jean Baudrillard
"Earth in
the twenty-first century was a shifting, shadowy and dangerous
world. Most people were content merely to survive, and to grab what
little pleasure they could. But there were others who cunningly
played the game of world mastery. Among them were the outstandingly
beautiful woman who had ruled the White House for nearly a century,
the world's last practising psychiatrist, a psychokinetic pianist,
the time traveller, the "chuppers", and the
simulacra."
Philip K. Dick
