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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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The way PKD experiments with the themes of identity, reality, and fame are beyond brilliant and frankly poor writing is just a small annoyance in this experimental fiction. Loved this book!
Enjoyable. Highly recommended.
"We have no birth registration form for such a person at that time and place. Are you absolutely sure about the facts, sir?"
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I do not exist, said to himself. There is no Jason Taverner. There never was and there never will be. ...more
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I do not exist, said to himself. There is no Jason Taverner. There never was and there never will be. ...more
I'm just not finding the story in this one, with characters that are unrelatable and a meandering lack of direction. First PKD book I just couldn't connect with.
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Oct 28, 2011
Alex Mikkelsen
marked it as to-read
Feb 15, 2013
Ryan
marked it as to-read
