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The Variable Man by Philip K. Dick
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The Variable Man is minor PKD.
Decent, but nothing great. The main character, Thomas Cole, is very cool, and the plot is interesting. However, it feels pretty shallow for PKD - there is not a lot going on thematically, probably due to this being one of his earliest stories.
It's a fun quick read, and I did enjoy it, but I definitely didn't take any lasting impression from it.
Decent, but nothing great. The main character, Thomas Cole, is very cool, and the plot is interesting. However, it feels pretty shallow for PKD - there is not a lot going on thematically, probably due to this being one of his earliest stories.
It's a fun quick read, and I did enjoy it, but I definitely didn't take any lasting impression from it.
So far, so good.
It's a kind of Wizard of Oz meets A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, fish-out-of-water tale, but filtered, of course, through PKD's wicked sense of humor and biting satire.