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zimb0 's review for:
Eye in the Sky
by Philip K. Dick
I enjoyed this book. The three stars are dubious because, while I was very intrigued by the story and the narrative, I was thrown off a bit by some unclear writing. Highly imaginative and an effective critique, 'Eye in the Sky' is the perfect book for Communistic paranoia and coupled with Dick's drug paranoia, is a hallucinatory trip that could have very well served as the inspiration for Inception. An earlier novel of PKD's, it serves as a fantastic precursor to his most well known narrative thread, namely, the issues in defining what existence is and the troubles with determining one's own existence. More subtle and happy (especially by PKD standards) it is a fast read that really picks up towards the middle. Names and places blur and their explanations are not all well corresponding. He runs into some trouble by not defining how the memories of certain NPCs work but it doesn't fully detract away from the story. The general picture is easily found and each section could potentially stand on its own.