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PKD’s view on mental health, race, and gender issues are a little out of date (this book was written in the 1950s I think) and some of the content would likely offend many readers. Nevertheless the concepts and ideas PKD raised about subjects such as autism, and schizophrenia were fascinating to me. I consumed the audio book version, the quality of the recording became very poor near the end of the book, ironically it actually added to the effect and I really didn’t mind.
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Some interesting ideas that sort of fall flat due to the pseudo science sci approach to mental illness, namely schizophrenia. One can imagine PKD reading something in a magazine back in the 60’s and getting an idea for a quick churn out. That said, there are still a few good twists and Dick’s life-on-mars series of stories and books always amuses. I love the teacher robots at the Martian elementary school and the casual infidelities of both husband and wife. The characters here all seem more unl
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May 06, 2014
Barış Şehri
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