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This isn't my favorite PKD (it sits pretty low in the pack), but it's still PKD which means I had a ton of fun reading it. I'll list a few things I enjoyed.
- Wives criticizing their husbands in a manner described as 'wifewise' (lol)
- A gov organization called THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
- A world where alcohol is illegal (punishment is one year mandatory confinement without possibility of parole) but where drugs are legal and used casually;
- Society's equivalent to street pushe ...more
- Wives criticizing their husbands in a manner described as 'wifewise' (lol)
- A gov organization called THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
- A world where alcohol is illegal (punishment is one year mandatory confinement without possibility of parole) but where drugs are legal and used casually;
- Society's equivalent to street pushe ...more
quite a fun read at the moment, as the leader of Earth in the book - Council Chairmen Gram is very Trumpesque
One of the lesser known PKD novels and my first non masterwork from the great man. Also probably the funniest of his books I've read. The villain of the piece Chairman Willis Gram was brilliantly realised and his dialogue had me laughing out loud on many ocassions.
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