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As usual, PKD plays with his characters', and his readers', perceptions of reality. Written from the points-of-view of several characters, neither they nor we are really sure which, if any of them, is experiencing what is actually happening.
A group of strangers dissatisfied with their former lives are transported to a colony world in one-way spaceships with a promise of finding fulfillment. Depending on what information can be believed, the colony has been set up by God, ultra-intelligent aliens ...more
A group of strangers dissatisfied with their former lives are transported to a colony world in one-way spaceships with a promise of finding fulfillment. Depending on what information can be believed, the colony has been set up by God, ultra-intelligent aliens ...more
Aug 29, 2014
Kev
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science-fiction,
sf-masterworks
I don't think I'm intellectually capable of doing this book justice here. All I can say is its an absolute must read if you have any interest in Philip K Dick.
All his usual hallmarks are here: paranoia, shifting realities, questions of life, death and the the meaning of existence.
Whereas some PKD books can seem rather hastily written A Maze of death is very well put together and features some of his best characters. Reading like a hybrid offspring of Ubik and Plamer Eldrich with an Agatha Chri ...more
All his usual hallmarks are here: paranoia, shifting realities, questions of life, death and the the meaning of existence.
Whereas some PKD books can seem rather hastily written A Maze of death is very well put together and features some of his best characters. Reading like a hybrid offspring of Ubik and Plamer Eldrich with an Agatha Chri ...more
This is my 13th Dick book. I guess I am a fan. This book combines the suspense of a 'people being killed off slowly in a small group' with his typical probing of reality and theology. I agree with all those that have been saying that this book has a 'cool' premise. But I also agree with all those that say that the execution is lacking. It just seems like Dick is throwing a lot of ideas out there and hoping something sticks. There are many seeming 'dead ends' (where ideas go to die) in the book.
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Apr 26, 2010
Bart
marked it as to-read
Mar 20, 2011
Jason
marked it as to-read
Mar 26, 2011
Harkonen
marked it as to-read
Aug 25, 2012
Ştefan Bolea
marked it as to-read
Jun 18, 2013
Marissa Uden
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