The Penultimate Truth in Philip K. Dick

Dec 18, 2012 Kate Sherrod rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Holy Mother Lug Nuts, how did this one escape my notice for so long? And I such a Dickhead that I've even enjoyed Clans of the Alphane Moon? But so it goes: of the handful of Philip K. Dick novels that are/were still on the eternal to-be-read pile, The Penultimate Truth was one for a long, long time. I guess this was partly because I'd assumed I'd read all of his A material and most of his B and all that was left was, well, not either of these.

Shows what I know. Thank goodness for my pal EssJay ...more

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Aug 26, 2008 Erich Franz Linner-Guzmann rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Another fantastic book by Philip K. Dick, but then again he is my favorite author so I might be a little biased. This book however didn't have as much of the "mind-blowing" aspects to it as some of his other books. None the less it was a great read. It still had a somewhat "Dickian" storyline, however, just not that wow factor I was talking about. If it had a little more of that than the book would have been easily a 5 star book, but instead I am going with 4. Another reason is because I wish it ...more

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Oct 09, 2017 Michael rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Okay, not one of his best efforts. ~~The multiple plot lines didn't gel together well in the end.~~

After re-reading the novel, I added a star to my rating and feel that it's a better novel than I originally thought. I changed my mind about the ending and this time when I read it, I was struck by how differently Philip K. Dick wrote the ending than what many (most?) other authors would. Instead of staying with the main action of the book, Dick follows another two characters and the reader learns the ...more

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Jun 24, 2008 Themistocles rated it liked it

Shelves: scifi, p-k-dick

This was one of the first PKD books I've ever read and as such it blew my mind. However, the writing is not the best and while the story is great it doesn't have the maturity of his other novels.

Still, worth reading to compare it with the opening chapters of the Wool saga! ...more

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