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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
A really engaging, fun read even if the moral sort of ends up being a South Park Center Right type of common sense individualist “everyone with any sort of passionate belief about anything is a self-righteous hypocrite”
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not my favorite phillip k dick book. The world building is a little lackluster in comparison to some of his others. There is a lot more humor in this though and overall I found it enjoyable.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Over the years, I've read a number of the Sci-Fi stories of Philip K. Dick, 10+ I'd guess. Some have been outstanding; The Man in the High Castle is favorite all-time story of mine. Doctor Bloodmoney and Do Androids Dream Electric Dreams are among others that I've enjoyed very much. Even those that weren't necessarily favorites still were unique and interesting. That applies to my latest venture in Dick's work, Eye in the Sky. It was originally published in 1957.
The basic premise is that a group of people go on a tour of a bevatron, an electronic device. There is a disaster and the eight find themselves basically traveling in different 'dimensions' or alternate earths. Each is created from the dreams or wishes of one of the others. Each is a unique and in some ways devastating. There is the ultra religious world. There is the world where every ugly thing is is wished out of existence by one of the characters. In another, Armstrong's home becomes a living thing and wants to destroy everyone within. In another, one character's communist leanings change America, making it a cesspool of crime, drugs, violence.
The only way to get out of these alternate worlds is to either kill or render unconscious the person who has created it. It's an interesting concept. The story isn't perfect but it moves along nicely and the characters are all interesting. Dick is always worth trying. He is one of the quirkiest Sci-Fi authors that I've tried. Check Dick out. (3.0 stars)
The basic premise is that a group of people go on a tour of a bevatron, an electronic device. There is a disaster and the eight find themselves basically traveling in different 'dimensions' or alternate earths. Each is created from the dreams or wishes of one of the others. Each is a unique and in some ways devastating. There is the ultra religious world. There is the world where every ugly thing is is wished out of existence by one of the characters. In another, Armstrong's home becomes a living thing and wants to destroy everyone within. In another, one character's communist leanings change America, making it a cesspool of crime, drugs, violence.
The only way to get out of these alternate worlds is to either kill or render unconscious the person who has created it. It's an interesting concept. The story isn't perfect but it moves along nicely and the characters are all interesting. Dick is always worth trying. He is one of the quirkiest Sci-Fi authors that I've tried. Check Dick out. (3.0 stars)
No està mal, tot i que no es pot comparar amb llibres del Philip K. Dick que són autèntiques joies. És senzillament una bona novel·la sobre viatges per móns alternatius. I res més.
This book is trippy. The characters are tourists trapped in a lab accident. They each then get to rework the world in their own image complete with weird science and prejudices and all. Weird but worth reading.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Weird, to the say the least. An interesting depiction of how normal seeming people can actually hold all sorts of terrifying viewpoints, some worse than others. It’s a bit dated in its political and social views, but still entertaining.
I reserve the right to change my star rating after I finish researching the book or discussing it on the podcast, but for now four stars. That said this novel is very dated with many dozens of cringe-worthy moments of unintended racism and sexism. As a Surreal sci-fi novel this inception like story really worked for me.