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The Crack in Space
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“I neither loved or hated “The Crack in Space”
It’s a book that delivers on its vision of the future and its accompanying social commentary.
Though some of its predictions feel dated, the presented world is very intriguing and fun to explore and paints a solid, and interesting, picture of the times Dick was living through when this was written.
The plot itself is engaging enough, though there are FAR too many characters in this book to keep track of, and far too little of them are actually interesting or important to the story.. but the ones that are, are quite good. Sal, Tito, and the dynamics of all the staff at TD are particularly good.
Once we discovered the altered-earth I was thoroughly engaged, and the whole scene of the TD staff discovering the new rent had me at the edge of my seat, but the climax felt extremely underwhelming. Everything wrapped up well in the end I suppose, but I wish the scope of the “showdown” between Briskin and the Peker’s was grander (or really anything more than a bland conversation).
It really seemed like it was setting up to be a big event, but it just fell flat… so much suspense and mystery wasted.
Reflecting on it, the whole thing was sort of just okay.. but I can’t deny I had a damn good time reading through it.”
About Philip K. Dick
One of the greatest authors of the 20th century, with a career spanning 3 decades and 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film; notably: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly. Dick won the Hugo Award in 1963 and was inducted into the SF Hall of Fame in 2005, and in 2007 he was the first science fiction to be published by the Library of America.
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