Philip K. Dick
Paperback | Pages: 219 pages Rating: 4.02 | 82190 Users | 2948 Reviews
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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) |
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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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| Title | : | A Scanner Darkly |
| Author | : | Philip K. Dick |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special 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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A Scanner Darkly can be described as follows: begin with Hunter S. Thompsons Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, mix in a pinch of The Big Lebowski, a dollop of A Beautiful Mind, a scene from Crime and Punishment, the shadows and penumbra of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, whispered apprehension of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a hint of thirty year in advance anticipation of reality TV, stir in a portion of dystopian science fiction and mix it all together with Philip K. Dicks weird genius. ThisBe happy NOW, for tomorrow I will be writing. Take the cash and let the credit GOI'll write MY review tomorrow. Let US all be happy. And play AGAIN.ToMORROW.****So, I wrote a review I was really proud of today during lunch. Four or five paragraphs. I liked it a lot. So, I was rather disheartened when my computer froze and I had to do a hard-boot to unfreeze it. Lost everything but the vague outlines of what I wrote. Even those vague outlines seem difficult to grasp right now. I'm kinda
A Scanner Darkly can be described as follows: begin with Hunter S. Thompsons Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, mix in a pinch of The Big Lebowski, a dollop of A Beautiful Mind, a scene from Crime and Punishment, the shadows and penumbra of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, whispered apprehension of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a hint of thirty year in advance anticipation of reality TV, stir in a portion of dystopian science fiction and mix it all together with Philip K. Dicks weird genius. This
I used to wonder how Phillip K. Dick came up with all the trippy concepts in his stories until I read A Scanner Darkly. Thats when I realized that the drugs probably had a lot to do with it.Originally published in 1977 and set in the mid 90s, the book tells the story of Bob Arctor. Arctor appears to be just another burned out druggie who lives with a couple of other dopers, and they spend most of their time getting high on Substance D and assorted other drugs. Bob is actually an undercover narc
God, how dark it is here, and totally silent. Nothing but me lives in this vacuumPhilip K. Dicks darkly atmospheric novel about drug culture and how drugs affect society is a well written, impactful story. Its a realistic view of how drugs affect the mind and relationships. The story follows the character of Bob and his friends, who are both using and selling a mind-bending drug called Substance D. We also follow Fred, a cop who works for a form of drug bust squad. The hook is that Bob and Fred
This book, published in 1977 but set in an early 1990s California, falls into the SF category because of some of its trappings which, even now, have not come about, such as scramble suits which allow undercover agents to report to their bosses in person with both participants unable to see the true appearance of the wearer. This leads to an almost laughable situation in which the main character, Bob Arctor, who works for an anti-narcotics unit in Orange County is ordered to keep himself under
In 1971, Philip K Dick's fourth wife, Nancy, left him and took their little daughter with her. Dick was left alone in a four-bedroom house in Santa Venetia, in a state of complete desolation and despair, and suicidally depressed, as he later put it. In an attempt to surround himself with life and activity, he turned the property into a kind of open house for what he called street people drug-users that he knew through his amphetamine habit, although many of them were on much harder drugs than
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