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A review by gregbrown
Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. Dick
4.0
Reached for this book in desperation after my other reading stalled out in the pre-child frenzy, and PKD comes through again.
Feels similar to The Man in the High Castle in being an account of a post-disaster society—except where that was an Axis victory in WW2, this covers the aftermath of worldwide nuclear armageddon. Like his other books, Dick is fascinated with the way an improvised society finds way to adjust and accommodate difficulties, along with some strange abilities and delusions bleeding into reality. Maybe one of the more heartwarming and hopeful endings I've seen from one of his books, even if it took some strange twists to get there.
Feels similar to The Man in the High Castle in being an account of a post-disaster society—except where that was an Axis victory in WW2, this covers the aftermath of worldwide nuclear armageddon. Like his other books, Dick is fascinated with the way an improvised society finds way to adjust and accommodate difficulties, along with some strange abilities and delusions bleeding into reality. Maybe one of the more heartwarming and hopeful endings I've seen from one of his books, even if it took some strange twists to get there.