| Faith of Our Fathers | |
| Author: | Philip K. Dick |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Science fiction |
| Published In: | Dangerous Visions |
| Publication Type: | Anthology |
| Publisher: | Doubleday |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pub Date: | 1967 |
"Faith of Our Fathers" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in the anthology Dangerous Visions (1967).
Tung Chien is a Vietnamese bureaucrat in a world that has been conquered by Chinese-style atheist communism, where the population is kept docile with hallucinogenic drugs. When a street vendor gives Tung an illegal anti-hallucinogen, he discovers that the Party leader has a horrible secret.
Algis Budrys said that "the first three-quarters of (the) story appear to be very good", and that although "Dick knows his hallucinogens very well", in "Faith of Our Fathers" "he makes sense only to himself".[1]
"Faith of Our Fathers" was nominated for the 1968 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[2]
Dick later said about this story:
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