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Oct 26, 2008
Erich Franz Linner-Guzmann
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really liked it
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As with all of the PKD books that I have read, there always seems to be underlying messages. The protagonist is Joe Fernwright and he is a pot healer that lives in a time on earth when ceramics are no longer used and is replaced by plastic. He passes his time by playing a meaningless word game with his co-workers in a struggling economy and that is something I can relate to.
The meaning of life is one of the underlying messages that stood out to me the most. Joe is contacted by Glimmung a flawed ...more
The meaning of life is one of the underlying messages that stood out to me the most. Joe is contacted by Glimmung a flawed ...more
According to Dick's biographer Sutin, Galactic Pot Healer was not one of Dick's favorite children. Probably one of his gotta-make-ends-meet works. And it kinda shows - the story arc is not that finely tuned, the characters are not that well fleshed out and the rest of the cast is largely in the background.
Not to say it's not an interesting, entertaining book. It's also got lots of Dick's trademarks:
-anti-hero: check
-oppressive female: check
-theology: check
-reality concerns: check.
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Not to say it's not an interesting, entertaining book. It's also got lots of Dick's trademarks:
-anti-hero: check
-oppressive female: check
-theology: check
-reality concerns: check.
(view spoiler) ...more
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Invadozer Misothorax Circular-thallus Popewaffensquat
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it was amazing
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Apr 17, 2013
Alex Mikkelsen
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Aug 15, 2014
Christopher Jamieson-Green
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