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''The Ganymede Takeover'' is a 1967 science fiction novel by Creator/PhilipKDick and Ray Nelson[[note]]The latter wrote the story ''Film/TheyLive'' is based on[[/note]]. WordOfGod later admitted that it was originally meant to be a sequel of ''Literature/TheManInTheHighCastle'' chronicling the UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan conquest of the United States.
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''The Ganymede Takeover'' is a 1967 science fiction novel by Creator/PhilipKDick and Ray Nelson[[note]]The latter wrote the story ''Film/TheyLive'' is based on[[/note]]. WordOfGod later admitted that it was originally meant to be a sequel of ''Literature/TheManInTheHighCastle'' to ''Literature/TheManInTheHighCastle'', chronicling the UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan conquest of the United States.
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* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: Swesnegard is trying to tell his alien overlord that he planted a miniature TrackingDevice in the hair of a journalist who was going to interview the RebelLeader.
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* AndIMustScream: The fate of the Ganymedeans after the hell-weapon is used.
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* AndIMustScream: The fate of the Ganymedeans after the hell-weapon is used. Rivers is able to switch off the device before humanity is destroyed, but the Ganymedians instinctively form a HiveMind in times of danger, and so become trapped in a permanent existential and experiential 'hell' within a dark void, unable to contact their creeches for help.
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* GoingNative: An alien official is sent to rule over part of VichyEarth, and is shocked to find his predecessor (also an alien) has become a Catholic and has a hobby of collecting model WWI airplanes.
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* GoingNative: An alien official is sent When Mekkis arrives to rule take over part the Bale of VichyEarth, and is Tennesse, he's shocked to find his Ganymedean predecessor (also an alien) has become a Catholic and has a hobby of collecting model WWI airplanes.
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* LiteralMetaphor: After Percy X suffers a momentary attack of paranoia, he points out that he can literally say [[VichyEarth the whole world is against him]].
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* ProperlyParanoid: After suffering a momentary HeroicBSOD, Percy X points out that he can literally say [[VichyEarth the whole world is against him]].
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* ProperlyParanoid: After suffering a momentary HeroicBSOD, Percy X points out NiceJobBreakingItHero: The actions of LaResistance convince the Ganymedians that he can literally say [[VichyEarth ruling Earth is impractical, so they decide to withdraw from the whole world is against him]].planet and destroy all life through a device that will block the sun's rays.
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* TrackingDevice: Gus Swenesgard is about to be skinned alive (literally) by his alien overlord Mekkis after he inadvertently let some powerful weaponry fall into the hands of LaResistance. Fortunately he blurts out that he planted a micro-transmitter in the hair of a reporter who was going to interview the rebel leader.
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* DeathFromAbove: The Shaft, a miniature psychotropic autonomic dart fired from a satellite, used to kill [[DesignatedBullet on an individual basis]] a vast number of [[DecapitatedArmy key technicians and leaders]] during the alien invasion.
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* LaResistance: The last remaining resistance to the alien occupiers consists of a Black Muslim guerrilla movement in the hills of Tennessee, and a secret organisation operating under the auspices of the World Psychiatric Association.
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* LaResistance: The last remaining resistance to the alien occupiers consists of a Black Muslim guerrilla movement in the hills of Tennessee, and a secret organisation organization operating under the auspices of the World Psychiatric Association.
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* CouldntFindAPen: [[TheQuisling Gus Swenesgard]] sends one of his minions to contact the Black Muslim resistance to offer a WeCanRuleTogether deal. They [[ShootTheMessenger dump his naked corpse]] back in Gus's territory with the words WE DON'T NEED YOU, WHITE MAN [[CarvedMark carved on his back]] with lasers.
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''The Ganymede Takeover'' is a 1967 science fiction novel by Creator/PhilipKDick and Ray Nelson[[note]]The latter wrote the story ''Film/TheyLive'' is based on[[/note]]. It WordOfGod later admitted that it was originally meant to be a sequel of ''Literature/TheManInTheHighCastle'' chronicling the UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan conquest of the United States.
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Nelson[note: The latter wrote the story Film/TheyLive is based on]. It was originally meant to be a sequel of Literature/TheManInTheHighCastle chronicling the UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan conquest of the United States.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Played for laughs. Mekkis opposed the conquest of Earth, but now the invasion has been a success he demands his cut of the spoils. They put him in charge of Tennessee. On discovering this, Mekkis faints in horror.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Played for laughs. Mekkis opposed the conquest of Earth, but now the invasion has been a success he demands his cut of the spoils. They put him in charge of Tennessee. On discovering this, [[AnythingButThat Mekkis faints in horror.]]
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* ICantSeeMyself: One of the Neeg-parts who's using an illusion machine to make himself invisible says he can't see himself even after the machine has been turned off, though everyone else can see him. In this case, it's a result of the psychological effects of the weapons, which send the users crazy.
* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: Swesnegard is trying to tell his alien overlord that he planted a miniature TrackingDevice on a journalist who was going to interview the leader of LaResistance.
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* ICantSeeMyself: One of the Neeg-parts who's using an illusion machine to [[InvisibilityCloak make himself invisible invisible]] says he can't see himself even after the machine has been turned off, though everyone else can see him. In this case, it's a result of the [[SideEffectsInclude psychological effects of the weapons, weapons]], which send the users crazy.
* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: Swesnegard is trying to tell his alien overlord that he planted a miniature TrackingDeviceon in the hair of a journalist who was going to interview the leader of LaResistance.RebelLeader.
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* DeathFromAbove: The Shaft, a miniature psychotropic autonomic dart fired from a satellite, used to kill [[DesignatedBullet on an individual basis]] a vast number of key technicians and leaders during the alien invasion.
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* ProperlyParanoid: After suffering a momentary HeroicBSOD, Percy X points out that he can literally say [[VichyEarth the whole world is against him]].
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* AndIMustScream: The fate of the Ganymedeans after the hell-weapon is used.
* GodzillaThreshold: The novel opens with the President asking Rudolph Balkani if they can use his hell-weapon as a last ditch means of defeating the invasion. Balkani says no, because it will kill everyone on Earth as well. On the verge of having his forces wiped out, Percy X is determined to use the weapon, so Dr Rivers is sent to kill him.
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Joan Hiashi is a collaborator helping to capture Percy X. The moment she discovers that Percy is a telepath who can read her mind, she becomes a fervent member of the Resistance.
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** Joan Hiashi is a collaborator helping to capture Percy X. The moment she discovers that Percy is a telepath who can read her mind, she becomes a fervent member of theResistance.Resistance.
** Rudolph Balkani developed weapons to fight the alien invasion, and now works on brainwashing Resisters into collaborators.
** Joan Hiashi is a collaborator helping to capture Percy X. The moment she discovers that Percy is a telepath who can read her mind, she becomes a fervent member of the
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* TheQuisling: Several such characters (as the alien invaders know this is the only effective way they can rule Earth), including racist landowner Gus Swenesgard. Subverted in that when the aliens are finally defeated, the resistance set up Swenesgard to be their puppet ruler until democracy is restored. That is, if they ever intend to restore democracy...
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* MechaMooks: Are used to defeat Percy X because of their immunity to the illusion machines.
* PuppetKing: Mekkis offers Percy X the opportunity to rule Tennessee as a collaborator. At the end of the novel, Gus Swenesgard is chosen as a puppet ruler by the World Psychiatric Association.
* TheQuisling: Several such characters (as the alien invaders know this is the only effective way they can rule Earth), including racist landowner Gus Swenesgard. Subverted in that when the aliens are finally defeated, the resistance set up Swenesgard to be their puppet ruler until democracy is restored. That is, [[FullCircleRevolution if they ever intend to restore democracy...]]
* PuppetKing: Mekkis offers Percy X the opportunity to rule Tennessee as a collaborator. At the end of the novel, Gus Swenesgard is chosen as a puppet ruler by the World Psychiatric Association.
* TheQuisling: Several such characters (as the alien invaders know this is the only effective way they can rule Earth), including racist landowner Gus Swenesgard. Subverted in that when the aliens are finally defeated, the resistance set up Swenesgard to be their puppet ruler until democracy is restored. That is, [[FullCircleRevolution if they ever intend to restore democracy...]]
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* EmptyShell: Joan after sensory depravation therapy.
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* VaguenessIsComing: InUniverse; Mekkis opposed the war when his Oracle (a creeche capable of precognition) foresaw a 'coming darkness'. The apparent success of the invasion means he is now discredited. When Mekkis demands an explanation, the Oracle can only repeat the same vague warnings.
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* ServantRace: The creeches. The aliens have no limbs and their creeches do all the physical labor for them. This causes their downfall when they're unable to signal them for help.
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''The Ganymede Takeover'' is a 1967 science fiction novel by Creator/PhilipKDick and Ray Nelson.
Earth has been taken over by aliens from Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter, who are now attempting to stamp out the last of the human resistance.
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!!This novel contains examples of:
* CombatClairvoyance: During their GunpointBanter, Percy X boasts that he is a telepath and so knows when Dr. Rivers is about to pull the trigger, enabling him to DodgeTheBullet.
* DeathFromAbove: The Shaft, a miniature psychotropic autonomic dart fired from a satellite, used to kill (on an individual basis) a vast number of key technicians and leaders during the alien invasion.
* DodgeTheBullet: The person being shot at is telepathic, and therefore knows when the shooter is about to pull the trigger.
* FlyingCar: "ionscraft".
* GirlScoutsAreEvil: One of the illusions created by the hell-weapons is a battalion of Brownie Scouts, crushing skulls with their overbaked cookies.
* GoingNative: An alien official is sent to rule over part of VichyEarth, and is shocked to find his predecessor (also an alien) has become a Catholic and has a hobby of collecting model WWI airplanes.
* ICantSeeMyself: One of the Neeg-parts who's using an illusion machine to make himself invisible says he can't see himself even after the machine has been turned off, though everyone else can see him. In this case, it's a result of the psychological effects of the weapons, which send the users crazy.
* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: Swesnegard is trying to tell his alien overlord that he planted a miniature TrackingDevice on a journalist who was going to interview the leader of LaResistance.
-->'''Swesnegard:''' When that girl was in the hotel I took the liberty of patting her sweet little head.\\
'''Alien:''' I am not interested in your sexual depravity.
* LaResistance: The last remaining resistance to the alien occupiers consists of a Black Muslim guerrilla movement in the hills of Tennessee, and a secret organisation operating under the auspices of the World Psychiatric Association.
* TheQuisling: Several such characters (as the alien invaders know this is the only effective way they can rule Earth), including racist landowner Gus Swenesgard. Subverted in that when the aliens are finally defeated, the resistance set up Swenesgard to be their puppet ruler until democracy is restored. That is, if they ever intend to restore democracy...
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Played for laughs. Mekkis opposed the conquest of Earth, but now the invasion has been a success he demands his cut of the spoils. They put him in charge of Tennessee. On discovering this, Mekkis faints in horror.
* TrackingDevice: Gus Swenesgard is about to be skinned alive (literally) by his alien overlord after he inadvertently let some powerful weaponry fall into the hands of LaResistance. Fortunately he blurts out that he planted a micro-transmitter in the hair of a reporter who was going to interview the rebel leader.
* VichyEarth: Earth has been conquered by worm-like aliens from one of Jupiter's moons. They administer the planet via human collaborators--some willing, others former Resisters who've been reconditioned by disturbed psychiatric genius Rudolph Balkani.
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Earth has been taken over by aliens from Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter, who are now attempting to stamp out the last of the human resistance.
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!!This novel contains examples of:
* CombatClairvoyance: During their GunpointBanter, Percy X boasts that he is a telepath and so knows when Dr. Rivers is about to pull the trigger, enabling him to DodgeTheBullet.
* DeathFromAbove: The Shaft, a miniature psychotropic autonomic dart fired from a satellite, used to kill (on an individual basis) a vast number of key technicians and leaders during the alien invasion.
* DodgeTheBullet: The person being shot at is telepathic, and therefore knows when the shooter is about to pull the trigger.
* FlyingCar: "ionscraft".
* GirlScoutsAreEvil: One of the illusions created by the hell-weapons is a battalion of Brownie Scouts, crushing skulls with their overbaked cookies.
* GoingNative: An alien official is sent to rule over part of VichyEarth, and is shocked to find his predecessor (also an alien) has become a Catholic and has a hobby of collecting model WWI airplanes.
* ICantSeeMyself: One of the Neeg-parts who's using an illusion machine to make himself invisible says he can't see himself even after the machine has been turned off, though everyone else can see him. In this case, it's a result of the psychological effects of the weapons, which send the users crazy.
* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: Swesnegard is trying to tell his alien overlord that he planted a miniature TrackingDevice on a journalist who was going to interview the leader of LaResistance.
-->'''Swesnegard:''' When that girl was in the hotel I took the liberty of patting her sweet little head.\\
'''Alien:''' I am not interested in your sexual depravity.
* LaResistance: The last remaining resistance to the alien occupiers consists of a Black Muslim guerrilla movement in the hills of Tennessee, and a secret organisation operating under the auspices of the World Psychiatric Association.
* TheQuisling: Several such characters (as the alien invaders know this is the only effective way they can rule Earth), including racist landowner Gus Swenesgard. Subverted in that when the aliens are finally defeated, the resistance set up Swenesgard to be their puppet ruler until democracy is restored. That is, if they ever intend to restore democracy...
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Played for laughs. Mekkis opposed the conquest of Earth, but now the invasion has been a success he demands his cut of the spoils. They put him in charge of Tennessee. On discovering this, Mekkis faints in horror.
* TrackingDevice: Gus Swenesgard is about to be skinned alive (literally) by his alien overlord after he inadvertently let some powerful weaponry fall into the hands of LaResistance. Fortunately he blurts out that he planted a micro-transmitter in the hair of a reporter who was going to interview the rebel leader.
* VichyEarth: Earth has been conquered by worm-like aliens from one of Jupiter's moons. They administer the planet via human collaborators--some willing, others former Resisters who've been reconditioned by disturbed psychiatric genius Rudolph Balkani.
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