Now Wait for Last Year is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. It is set in 2055, when Earth is caught between two galactic powers in an interstellar conflict. Dr. Eric Sweetscent and his wife Kathy get addicted to a powerful drug that appears to cause time travel. The doctor's patient is the world leader, UN Secretary General. Of the twenty-eight novels Dick published in the 1960s and 1970s, this novel is one of the five chosen to represent this period of his career in The Library of America series, Volume Two. Plot summary Set during a war between the 'Starmen (inhabitants of the planet Lilistar) and six-limbed insectoid creatures called the reegs, Now Wait for Last Year is the story of Eric Sweetscent, an organ-transplant doctor who gets wrapped up in Earth-Lilistar politics. At the onset of the story, Sweetscent is the personal org-trans surgeon for Virgil Ackerman, the president of Tijuana Fur & Dye. Using an extraterrest
Now Wait for Last Year es una novela de ciencia ficción de 1966 del escritor estadounidense Philip K. Dick. Se sitúa en 2055, cuando la Tierra está atrapada entre dos potencias galácticas en un conflicto interestelar. El Dr. Eric Sweetscent y su esposa Kathy se adictan a una poderosa droga que parece causar viajes en el tiempo. El paciente del médico es el líder mundial, Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas. De las veintiocho novelas de Dick publicadas en los años 1960 y 1970, esta novela es una de las cinco elegidas para representar este período de su carrera en la serie The Library of America, Volumen Dos. Resumen de la trama Set durante una guerra entre los 'Starmen (habitantes del planeta Lilistar) y las criaturas insectoides de seis bordes llamadas los reegs, Now Wait for Last Year es la historia de Eric Sweetscent, un médico de trasplante de órganos que se envuelve en la política de Earth-List.