Manny asked at the end of his review of this: Has the I Ching written any more books? I don’t know about that. But now that I know what I Ching is, one thing is obvious. A book written by I Ching has to be reviewed by it too.Go online and you get a virtual reading PLUS a discount for hamburgers in G...
3.5 - 3.75 starsI struggled a bit with PKD's prose, which at times staggered about like an alcoholic or drug addict and/or a mentally ill person rambling about their innermost incoherent thoughts. But an occasional brilliance burst through the befuddlement to guide me back if I strayed too far off ...
It seems to abruptly end which disappointed me as I was enjoying the book more as it progressed. I liken it to seeing how far the rabbit hole goes, only for it to end after a foot or so.One facet of the book that I did like and thought was treated well was the handling, explanation, and characterisa...
The Man in The High Castle was written at the height of Phillip K. Dick's creativity; after his earlier pulp days which he was paid by the words and still learning to adapt his ideas to his writing skills, and before his personal misfortunes, both drug-related and psychological, muddled his vision. ...
First things first.Now that I've finally experienced Dick, I find myself with an urge to try Moorcock.Ba dum bump.Now that the tawdry pun is out of the way, I can move on with the actual review. The author henceforth shall be referred to as “PKD” lest I be sidetracked into more Beavis and Butthead-s...
Ostensibly this is a science fiction novel set in a world in which the Nazis won WWII and the west coast of the former USA is part of the Japanese Empire. In fact it is a mainstream novel about the lives of several people in California who just happen to live under that unusual circumstance. Beyon...
This book was an interesting one and really difficult for me to write about because I'm still not sure really what I think. I might come back and revisit my rating and review after I've thought about it some more, but I wanted to write down some of my initial thoughts.The Man in the High Castle dea...
An altogether confusing and frustrating read. I picked this up because of all the hype surrounding it. It was the most rambling, incoherent nonsense I'd read since Jack Keroac's On the Road.When I finished it, I was left with the impression that either Philip K. Dick is not my cup of tea, or that ...
What should had happened if Nazist Germany had won World War II? This novel is a possible answer to the question and it's a rare example of "earthly science fiction". Quoting the Italian title of the book, Swastika is over the sun and Dick tries to explain us the reasons why. Yet I remember how I wa...
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