A Scanner Darkly - S.F. Masterworks
A Scanner Darkly - S.F. Masterworks
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Published:
14 October, 1999
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Description
A brilliant sci-fi novel from one of the last century's most influential pop culture figures
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 brain's 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.
Prizes
Winner of British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 1979 (UK),Short-listed for John W Campbell Award 1978 (UK)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781857988475 |
| ISBN10 | 1857988477 |
| Number Of Pages | 224 |
| Item Weight | 205 g |
| Product Dimensions | 131 x 196 x 17 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Orion Publishing Co |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
The best book of the year - extraordinary -- BrianAldiss
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 *
The most brilliant SF mind on any planet * Rolling Stone Magazine *
For everyone lost in the endlessly multiplicating realities of the modern world, remember: Philip K. Dick got there first * Terry Gilliam *
The most consistently brilliant SF writer in the world -- John Brunner
Dick is Thoreau plus the death of the American dream -- Roberto Bolaño
Dick quietly produced serious fiction in a popular form and there can be no greater praise -- Michael Moorcock
In all his work he was astonishingly intimate, self exposed, and very dangerous. He was the funniest SF writer of his time, and perhaps the most terrifying. His dreads were our own, spoken as we could not have spoken them * Encyclopedia of Science Fiction *
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Author's Bio
Over a writing career that spanned three decades, PHILIP K. DICK (1928-1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralized power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned to deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film, notably Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly, as well as television's The Man in the High Castle. The recipient of critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout his career, including the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards, Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005, and between 2007 and 2009, the Library of America published a selection of his novels in three volumes. His work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.