The Cosmic Puppets

Blurb

The Cosmic Puppets is a novel by American science fiction author Philip K. Dick, published in 1957. It is a revision from his novel A Glass of Darkness, first published in the December 1956 issue of Satellite Science Fiction. In addition to using elements of science fiction and fantasy, The Cosmic Puppets also functions as a "small town" novel in the popular sense.
The Cosmic Puppets was first published as a novel by Ace Books as one half of Ace Double D-249, bound dos-à-dos with Sargasso of Space by Andrew North.