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Prisoner's Dilemma
	; Cover of a reprint edition.
Author	Richard Powers
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Novel
Publisher	Beech Tree Books
Publication date	; 1988
Media type	Print (Hardcover & paperback)
Pages	348 pp. (First edition hardcover)
ISBN	ISBN 0-688-07350-6 (First edition hardcover)
OCLC Number	16985003
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 19
LC Classification	PS3566.O92 P75 1988

For the problem of game theory, see prisoner's dilemma.

Prisoner's Dilemma is a 1988 novel by American author Richard Powers. It is the story of a family living in De Kalb County, Illinois.

The novel centres around the father of the family, who is trying to find a solution to the "prisoner's dilemma" posed by mathematicians at the RAND Corporation. He wishes to solve the dilemma through writing an alternate reality, explaining how human beings could live together peacefully. To do this, he uses many elements from real life twisted slightly.

[edit] Non-fiction portrayed in the novel

Many of these events are portrayed differently; for example, Disney is portrayed as having Japanese ancestry, when he did not.

Walt Disney American Animator.
Americans of Japanese Ancestry and their internment during World War 2.
Der Fuehrer's Face Animated cartoon made by Disney in 1942.
Victory Through Air Power Part-animated propaganda movie made by Disney in 1943.
Century of Progress The 1933 World Fair held in Chicago.
Disney's Nine Old Men Chief animators at Disney.
The Trinity Test The first testing of a nuclear weapon in 1945.

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