The Man Who Japed
Cover of first edition (paperback) | |
| Author | Philip K. Dick |
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| Cover artist | Ed Emshwiller |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
Publication date | 1956 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 160 pp |
The Man Who Japed is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in 1956. Although one of Dick's lesser-known novels, it features several of the ideas and themes that recur throughout his later works. The "jape[s]" or practical jokes of the novel begin with a statue's unconventional decapitation.
The Man Who Japed was first published by Ace Books as one half of Ace Double D-193, bound dos-à-dos with The Space Born by E. C. Tubb.