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This is not a science fiction novel. Unless you count metaphysics and religion as science. I'd say that falls more under the heading of philosophy. So maybe... phi-fi? If that were an established genre, I'm pretty sure PKD would be considered a phi-fi writer, even if a lot of his stories do involve robots and aliens. But I digress.
This one would be a 4.5 for me if that were possible, but I went ahead and gave it the 5 since the subject matter he tackled with this one was so mind-bogglingly ambit ...more
This one would be a 4.5 for me if that were possible, but I went ahead and gave it the 5 since the subject matter he tackled with this one was so mind-bogglingly ambit ...more
PKD’s fifth published novel is very straightforward. Like Eye in the Sky, it foregoes future space adventure and alien conflict and instead takes place in the present, although going full fledged with the alternate reality theme. This one is short and as others have mentioned, has a sort of Twilight Zone-ish premise. He takes a lot from Zoroastrianism to explore the objectivism of reality in the shadow of a cosmic battle between two gods. It’s a neat small valley town setting, has a couple of in
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This is PKD being mystical or "gnostic" or whatever but he's not crazy yet. The story is almost like something Ray Bradbury would write. A man returns to his hometown and then strangely all the roads out are blocked (landslide or whatever.) This is close to a fantasy book.
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