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One of my very favorite books. Just read it for the fourth time (first time in english), and it never fails to grab me and make me finish it as soon as possible. Again Dick deals with reality vs perception, authenticity and reference points, in what was -at its time- very, very original and provocative.
To quote from a speech of his: "Reality is that, which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away". ...more
To quote from a speech of his: "Reality is that, which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away". ...more
And as I expected it would turn out to be like when I read PKD's Ubik: their first 200 something page go as usual mysteries while there are only 50 something page left on your right hand make you wonder how the stories are going to unfold. if you start the book being skeptical, it spurs up trillion possibilities in your head. (seriously, i've gone to intergalactic conspiracy! yeah..that far) finally it ends like Eliot puts it 'not with a bang but a whimper'. if you expect a dashing excitement th
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There is much to be lauded about this novel; Dick aims to tackle a variety of complex subjects as they are integrated into a noir mystery.
These include his classic topics like the use of psychoactive/psychedelic drugs and their distortion of reality, and a futuristic dystopia being runned like an Orwellian police state.
Yet, these things being mentioned are not explored too much, as they are merely used as a backdrop. For better or for worse, this is the choice Dick made.
The drugs, however, do pl ...more
These include his classic topics like the use of psychoactive/psychedelic drugs and their distortion of reality, and a futuristic dystopia being runned like an Orwellian police state.
Yet, these things being mentioned are not explored too much, as they are merely used as a backdrop. For better or for worse, this is the choice Dick made.
The drugs, however, do pl ...more
One of my favorite Dick works. A dystopian tour de force, though if I recall correctly the ending was not perfect.
Another brilliant mindfuck, this one referenced at the end of Richard Linklater's Waking Life.
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Sep 03, 2008
Erich Franz Linner-Guzmann
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it was amazing
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Aug 17, 2009
Sandee
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Sep 28, 2009
Douglas
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really liked it
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Dec 26, 2009
Ryan
marked it as to-read
