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| Original Title: | A Scanner Darkly |
| ISBN: | 057507681X (ISBN13: 9780575076815) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Bob Arctor, Donna Hawthorne, Ernie Luckman, Jim Barris, Charles Freck |
| Setting: | Santa Ana, California(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (1978), British Science Fiction Association Award for Novel (1978), John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (1978), Graoully d'Or for Roman étranger (1979), Tähtivaeltaja Award (1991) |
Philip K. Dick
Paperback | Pages: 219 pages Rating: 4.02 | 82190 Users | 2948 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Scanner Darkly |
| Author | : | Philip K. Dick |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 219 pages |
| Published | : | August 17th 2006 by Gollancz (first published January 1977) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Dystopia. Science Fiction Fantasy. Novels. Classics. Cyberpunk |
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Substance D is not known as Death for nothing. It is the most toxic drug ever to find its way on to the streets of LA. It destroys the links between the brain's two hemispheres, causing, first, disorientation and then complete and irreversible brain damage.The undercover narcotics agent who calls himself Bob Arctor is desperate to discover the ultimate source of supply. But to find any kind of lead he has to pose as a user and, inevitably, without realising what is happening, Arctor is soon as addicted as the junkies he works among...
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The weird and trippy 1970s drug scene in California ala PKDOriginally posted at Fantasy LiteratureIf you were choosing any Hollywood actor to narrate an audiobook of PKD about dope users in Southern California in the early 1970s, who would you choose? Random House Audio got Paul Giamatti to read A Scanner Darkly, and who could better? I tried to distill the vibe of the book in the following passage I assembled on my own. Imagine him reading it if you will:Hey man, its not easy for a doper tryingI like P.K. Dick, but this just plain sucked. No narrative tension, the writing is awful (I would quote some of it as proof, but I already got rid of my copy), and the most potentially exciting elements of the book (drug subculture and its lingo and take on friendship, multiple identities) are handled with the zest and elegance of a cut-rate rectal exam. Does that analogy even make sense? I don't think so, but neither did this book.I've heard this was the first book he wrote after he kicked
My favorite PKD books tend to be those published in the 60s when he was writing wacky fun reality warping sci-fi like Ubik, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep etc. Of his 70s books that I have read Flow My Tears the Policeman Said is my favorite, whereas VALIS I could not (as yet) finish. I think the later PKD novels tend to be more serious and introspective though the weirdness is always present.A Scanner Darkly is one of his early 70s books and I find it
Well, that was ... different.I hadn't known (or didn't remember) that this was a story about drugs and addicts and perception and human personalities/identities. But it is. Boy, is it ever.We follow a guy called "Fred" (spoiler alert: his real name probably isn't Fred). He meets a woman called Donna and a few other junkies. Fred, as we are shown, is a cop and trying to get to a major supplier in California. You see, the book takes place in a dystopian futuristic American society where the war on
In this novel there are two types of people, those who are addicted to substance D, and those who haven't tried it yet. Substance D is the ultimate high, and highly addictive. This book is the story of Fred, the narcotics agent, and Bob Arctor, the substance D dealer, who he is investigating. Of course, Fred and Bob Arctor are one person who is having his personality split apart by copious abuse of substance D.This book is simultaneously hilarious and heart breaking and it is a really excellent
If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.Who am I? : "A Scanner Darkly" by Philip K. DickI'm a big Pynchon fan, too, so don't get me wrong here, but it seems to me like the main difference between Dick's writing style and Pynchon's--or at least, the difference that mostly accounts for Dick being treated as a "pulp" author with some interesting ideas whereas Pynchon is considered a major "literary" figure--is simply that Dick tends to write in crisp, straightforward sentences
What a great book. I had read other works by Dick (Blade Runner and Flow my Tears, The Policeman Said), which were both good, pleasant reads, nice and compact. Nothing too heavy, not overly deep, but I could sense there was more to this author than that. This book has confirmed my suspicions and exceeded my expectations, and so Philip K. Dick has managed to take me by surprise even when I was expecting to be surprised by this author at some point.Before reading this book, I had no idea what I
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