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Now Wait for Last Year

Philip K. Dick

Start date: March 1, 2013

Finish date: March 25, 2013

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Oct 25, 2012 Jack Stovold rated it it was amazing

My Philip K. Dick Project

Entry #28 - Now Wait For Last Year (written Dec. 1963, published May 1966)

From the back cover:

ONLY ONE MAN COULD SAVE THE WORLD. AND HE WAS DEAD. AGAIN.

Now Wait For Last Year is one of Dick's funnest and most exciting novels yet, but also one of his most melancholy.

Tonally what excited me most about this story was its pulpiness, highly reminiscent of Dick's strange, early stories of adventure, with aliens, time travel, and the like. I mean, this is just kind of a coo ...more

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Nov 30, 2015 Scott rated it it was amazing

If you like PKD then this won't be any different. Some classic PKD themes here including hallucinogenic drugs, time travel, and simulacra politicians. Kinda surprised to see some aliens in here though. Makes sense to the plot but kind of a side issue. He didn't really like to focus on aliens ever. My favorite part about this one is the human psychology. Some of the characters go pretty deep, reminding me of "Three Stigmata..." ...more

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Sep 10, 2014 Bobby Morris rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Core PKD.

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Sep 29, 2012 Steven rated it it was amazing

Lots of extremely confusing pieces of this book.. it's got space drugs... it's got time travel... what more do you want? This is a great book. ...more

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