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Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 4 1 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 08:46:38 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 08:33:37 -0800 2009
Although, there are a few too many double-crosses at the end.

It's a solid mid-level PKD novel.

***

Almost finished with this one, and it is fantastic.

I am starting a months-long research project on PKD for an article I am writing e...more...]]> 49051935 44612 100692 0007115881 9780007115884 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923m/100692.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923s/100692.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100692.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.56 344 Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 3 0 false Thu Mar 12 12:08:30 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 12:27:07 -0700 2009
On top of...more...]]> 25082548 305220 100692 0007115881 9780007115884 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923m/100692.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923s/100692.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100692.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.57 416 Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 4 0 false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 16:48:44 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 16:18:02 -0700 2008
After the Earth is devastated by a biological weapon, the vugs from Titan come to help--or is that why they're here? Or is there a sinister plot to 'win' the entire Earth in "The Game", a plot opposed only by Earth's few Psionics?

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Going through a Web-based posting of Ace paperback covers from the sixties I've found quite a few familiar ones and some recurrent writers such as Dick. "Second Variety" was the first Dick story I read, back in elementary...more...]]> 44206736 720273 100692 0007115881 9780007115884 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923m/100692.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923s/100692.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100692.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.57 416 Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 4 0 false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 14:54:59 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 15:28:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 54565075 2177514 768932 0679740651 9780679740650 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223636013m/768932.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223636013s/768932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/768932.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.57 416
Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 4 0 false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 02:29:04 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 02:29:04 -0700 2009 67933610 409256 768932 0679740651 9780679740650 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223636013m/768932.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223636013s/768932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/768932.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.57 416
Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 3 0 false Tue Aug 18 14:39:55 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 14:41:59 -0700 2009 54213604 381899 768932 0679740651 9780679740650 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223636013m/768932.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223636013s/768932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/768932.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.57 416
Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 3 0 false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 00:18:26 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 11:02:19 -0700 2009 58946564 208639 100692 0007115881 9780007115884 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923m/100692.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923s/100692.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100692.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.57 416 Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jun 08 20:38:16 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 07:45:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 73408468 620559 768932 0679740651 9780679740650 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223636013m/768932.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223636013s/768932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/768932.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.57 416
Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 3 0 false Sun Oct 04 10:19:22 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 10:19:50 -0700 2009 77925741 696418 768932 0679740651 9780679740650 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223636013m/768932.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223636013s/768932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/768932.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.57 416
Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 3 0 false Sun Nov 15 21:22:59 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 21:23:23 -0800 2009 53780043 1418009 100692 0007115881 9780007115884 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923m/100692.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923s/100692.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100692.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.57 416 Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 4 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 23 19:04:53 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 20:54:35 -0700 2009 59856090 836970 100692 0007115881 9780007115884 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923m/100692.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923s/100692.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100692.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.57 416 Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 4 0 false Tue Jun 16 02:40:37 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 02:40:37 -0700 2009 11026753 73824 100692 0007115881 9780007115884 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923m/100692.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923s/100692.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100692.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.57 416 Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 26 08:37:59 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 16 14:53:45 -0800 2008 4398940 224802 100692 0007115881 9780007115884 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923m/100692.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923s/100692.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100692.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.57 416 Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 4 0 false Sat Aug 11 10:24:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 10:25:49 -0700 2007 37020873 1689154 100692 0007115881 9780007115884 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923m/100692.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171468923s/100692.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100692.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.57 416 Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 5 0 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Nov 06 05:49:28 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 15:51:59 -0800 2008 ]]> 19121663 1041839 768932 0679740651 9780679740650 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223636013m/768932.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223636013s/768932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/768932.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.57 416
Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 1 0 false Mon Mar 31 12:53:38 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 02:20:07 -0700 2008 The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks. ]]> 6169360 137042 768932 0679740651 9780679740650 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223636013m/768932.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223636013s/768932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/768932.The_Game_Players_of_Titan 3.57 416
Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.]]> 1963 2 0 false Thu Sep 13 16:41:59 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 16:42:40 -0700 2007 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=100692