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Apr 07, 2017
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An ugly divorce wrecks the plans of two inter-system empires... This is SO Dick.
I wouldn't recommend this one as an introduction to the world of PKD, but for die-hard fans, heck yeah, quite a ride! I had to qualify my praise because I don't think the main character is particularly likable... Or likable at all, really.
Also, a lot of people might be turned off by the fact that a lot of the book centers on a very dated understanding of psychological disorders, but come on. Classic sci-fi. For me at least, it's easy to forget just how old most PKD books are because everything f ...more
Also, a lot of people might be turned off by the fact that a lot of the book centers on a very dated understanding of psychological disorders, but come on. Classic sci-fi. For me at least, it's easy to forget just how old most PKD books are because everything f ...more
I really enjoyed this, for a few reasons. First, Dick has reverted to paring the storylines down a bit which allows him to flesh out the measly 3 or 4 going on here. Also, it is quite funny. And PKD humor is weird and a little dark. Thirdly, I am reading his books in publishing order and in this, his 14th, I am first seeing obvious autobiographical themes. The protag is a writer who gets into speed-popping in order to hold his 2 jobs. Dick published 6 books in 1964 when this came out. He’d been
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Humorous... I need to refresh my memory on this one but basically the protagonist is on some sort of mission to this planet/moon where all the inmates of an insane asylum have escaped and organized themselves into colonies by their disorder. You must be very careful about the paranoids who shoot first and don't even ask questions later.
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Estou começando a crer que PKD tinha apenas dois livros bons. Esse é o quarto que leio e o segundo que me decepciona. A premissa do livro é excelente, mas o desenrolar da coisa peca demais. A cada capítulo surge mais um infinitude de personagens e novas tramas que são, infelizmente, interrompidas pelas próximas a surgir. Na verdade o livro inteiro parece o teaser de uma história de verdade.
Não recomendaria a ninguém.
Não recomendaria a ninguém.
Apr 01, 2014
James Niven
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