Dayworld (novel series)
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Dayworld is a trilogy of science fiction novels by Philip José Farmer, inspired by his own acclaimed short story "The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World". They are set in a dystopian future in which people are allowed to live only one day of the week. For the rest of the six days they are "stoned", a kind of suspended animation. The novels focus on a man, Jeff Caird, who is a daybreaker: someone who lives more than one day a week. As the series progresses, the main character seems to be suffering from dissociative identity disorder. The novels comprising the trilogy are:
- Dayworld (1985)
- Dayworld Rebel (1987)
- Dayworld Breakup (1990)
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Author | Philip José Farmer |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Published | 1985-2016 |
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In 2016, a prequel to the trilogy, Dayworld: A Hole in Wednesday, by Philip José Farmer and Danny Adams, was published (7 years after Farmer's death in 2009). Adams also collaborated with Farmer on the short novel The City Beyond Play.