A Review: A Scanner Darkly

Title of Work: A Scanner Darkly
Author: Philip K. Dick
Dates Read: August 5th - 16th, 2024
Format: Audio, library

Posted: Goodreads, August 16th, 2024
Rating: 4/5
Review:

Listened to the audiobook narrated by Paul Giamatti (excellent narration). Really entertaining, surprisingly insightful.

Some crime noir, some sci-fi, and, at times, that sort of Burroughs/Thompson-esque drugged out, wacko stream of consciousness. Here though, I think PKD goes more philosophical and more psychological – digging in toward the root of our fragile human experience of “reality” and how malleable it may be under the influence of recreational chemicals, power, and technology.

“When two people dream the same dream, it ceases to be an illusion.” -Philip K. Dick