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I had to read this book twice to fully get it. It may have been because I rushed through the first reading, but whatever the reason I needed to go through some parts of the story again to fully enjoy or understand them after knowing how it would all end.
From the start, I felt something was off in this book. We are introduced to the "Venusians" in the first chapter... and we don't hear another word about them until the end of the book. This made me keep looking for them in every chapter, wanting ...more
From the start, I felt something was off in this book. We are introduced to the "Venusians" in the first chapter... and we don't hear another word about them until the end of the book. This made me keep looking for them in every chapter, wanting ...more

One of my favorites!
This is one of PKD's early novels, but it's as relevant today as ever. Easy to draw parallels between the cultish following of Jones and of Trump. ...more
This is one of PKD's early novels, but it's as relevant today as ever. Easy to draw parallels between the cultish following of Jones and of Trump. ...more

One of Dick's earliest stories, and whereas the ideas are there, his writing style has not fully formed yet and as such it's not as enjoyable as his later works.
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Mar 17, 2009
Ryan
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Dec 25, 2011
Invadozer Misothorax Circular-thallus Popewaffensquat
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Apr 29, 2012
Mustafa Özgür
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Oct 18, 2012
Erich Franz Linner-Guzmann
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it was amazing
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Estelle
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Mar 19, 2018
Robert Marsh
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