Dr. Futurity is a 1960science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Philip K. Dick Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American science fiction writer. ...
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Dr Jim Parsons, a medical doctor in 1990s America, is suddenly thrown into the future. There he finds that his profession is treated with disdain, in the future individuality is sacrificed for the good of the human race as a whole. By killing off the weak, poverty and disease are eliminated.
However, Parsons' travel through time is no accident and he finds that a group rebelling against the ruling system have taken him through time to heal a man in the future, so that he can change the past. Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ...
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