3.5
The Best of Philip K. Dick
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Philip K. Dick didn't predict the future―he summoned the desperate bleakness of our present directly from his fevered paranoia. Dick didn't predict the Internet or iPhones or email or 3D printers, but rather he so thoroughly understood human nature that he could already see, even at the advent of the transistor, the way technology would alienate us from each other and from ourselves. He could see us isolated and drifting in our own private realities even before we had plugged in our ear buds. He could see, even in the earliest days of space exploration, how much of our own existence remained unexplored, and how the great black spaces between people were growing even as our universe was shrinking.
Philip K. Dick spent his first three years as a science fiction author writing shorter fiction, and in his lifetime he composed almost 150 short stories, many of which have gone on to be adapted into (slightly watered down) Hollywood blockbusters. Collected here are thirteen of his most Dickian tales, funhouse realities with trap doors and hidden compartments.
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3.5
“I simply cannot disagree that Philip K. Dick is probably one of the greatest sci-fi writers of all time. This collection of stories definitely highlights his talent.
Majority of these stories ere on the notion that men are still the ones in positions of great power, with a few exceptions here and there, which makes sense of the political landscape of his time. War and dominant power was on every politicians mind influencing their populations with their propaganda.
I’m not critiquing this, especially as we are seeing in our current political climate the vapid male (mostly) politicians striving to get back to the so-called ‘good old days’. This is where Dick shines. In this collection it highlights the irony of these officials in high positions being more focused on securing a win rather than what’s good for the greater of humankind.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this collection. I have so much more to read from him and honestly can’t wait.”
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