A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick Paperback Book

Description: A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick A brilliant sci-fi novel from one of the last centurys most influential pop culture figures. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Substance D - otherwise known as Death - is the most dangerous drug ever to find its way on to the black market. It destroys the links between the brains two hemispheres, leading first to disorentation and then to complete and irreversible brain damage. Bob Arctor, undercover narcotics agent, is trying to find a lead to the source of supply, but to pass as an addict he must become a user, and soon, without knowing what is happening to him, he is as dependent as any of the addicts he is monitoring. Notes A brilliant sci-fi novel from one of the last centurys most influential pop culture figures. Author Biography Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) was born in Chicago but lived in California for most of his life. He went to college at Berkeley for a year, ran a record store and had his own classical music show on a local radio station. He published his first short story, Beyond Lies the Wub in 1952. Among his many fine novels are The Man in the High Castle, Time Out of Joint, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Review One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction, Dick made most of the European avant-garde seem like navel-gazers in a cul-de-sac * Sunday Times *My literary hero * Fay Weldon *For everyone lost in the endlessly multiplicating realities of the modern world, remember: Philip K. Dick got there first * Terry Gilliam * Promotional * #20 in the Gollancz SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written * Explores the implications of drug-taking with an almost hallucinated vehemence -- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction * One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction, Dick made most of the European avant-garde seem like navel-gazers in a cul-de-sac -- Sunday Times Kirkus US Review A marrow-freezing morality play set in a 1994 California. The central fact of life is drugs: every hard drug in the current lexicon plus Substance D - "Death" to its friends - which progressively impairs coordination between the brains two hemispheres. The hero is an addict, a nark engaged in surreptitious electronic "scanning" of himself and friends, and - it slowly becomes clear - a patsy in some dreadful hidden game. Dick has bitten off an awful lot here. Much of the straightforward narration is theatrically bad, yet dialogue and internal monologue carry a cruel (and cruelly funny) conviction. And the larger plot is brilliantly hinged upon a consciousness split by two insanities: the Kafkaesque charade of secret self-surveillance and the terrible advance of irreversible brain damage. Flawed, almost too grim to take, but stunningly realized. (Kirkus Reviews) Prizes Winner of British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 1979 (UK) Short-listed for John W Campbell Award 1978 (UK) Long Description Substance D - otherwise known as Death - is the most dangerous drug ever to find its way on to the black market. It destroys the links between the brains two hemispheres, leading first to disorentation and then to complete and irreversible brain damage. Bob Arctor, undercover narcotics agent, is trying to find a lead to the source of supply, but to pass as an addict he must become a user, and soon, without knowing what is happening to him, he is as dependent as any of the addicts he is monitoring. Review Quote One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction, Dick made most of the European avant-garde seem like navel-gazers in a cul-de-sac Promotional "Headline" A brilliant sci-fi novel from one of the last centurys most influential pop culture figures. Description for Sales People Philip K. Dick is one of the most well-known sci-fi authors of all time, with a worldwide following. Details ISBN1857988477 Author Philip K. Dick Publisher Orion Publishing Co Year 1999 ISBN-10 1857988477 ISBN-13 9781857988475 Format Paperback Publication Date 1999-10-14 Imprint Gollancz Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Illustrations Diagrams 3 Birth 1928 Death 1982 Media Book Series S.F. Masterworks Pages 224 Series Number 20 UK Release Date 1999-10-14 Audience General AU Release Date 1999-12-31 NZ Release Date 1999-12-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1069032;

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