Time Out of Joint in Philip K Dick

Jul 30, 2012 Ümit Mutlu rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, fiction, foreign

Diyebileceğim tek şey, yaratıcılık konusunda tavana değdiğidir.

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Feb 05, 2011 Peter Walton-Jones rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi

Classic sci-fi from the PKD mind. Not totally whacked out like some of the later stuff and a good early take on altered realities. The apparent setting is the 1950s, the real time 1998 after the moon has been colonised. Perhaps typically humans have taken up a form of war between the colonies of the moon and the people on earth. The main protagonist does not really know who he is until some strange things happen...and keep happening, which cause him to question and investigate. The ending is a l ...more

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Feb 23, 2015 Kev rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, sf-masterworks

This one is quite early PKD and one of his forays outside pulpy Sci-Fi. It relies heavily on an idea that was exploited by The Truman Show. What if one mans world is completely fake - an illusion created and maintained by outsiders. The revelation and subsequent unravelling of Ragle Gumm's world is heavily criticised in the Afterforward of my edition but I thought it worked quite well.

An enjoyable, light and easy to read PKD. ...more

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Jan 21, 2012 Pickle rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, philip-k-dick

I enjoyed this book but felt a little disappointed with the ending.

in the the 1950's and Ragle Gumm always picks the winner from a daily newspaper competition but he starts to suspect that the little town he lives in is maybe not what it seems or is even real.

I would read this again but it wouldnt be one of PKD's i would instantly recommend. ...more

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