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Title: The Zap Gun by Philip K. Dick ISBN: 0-375-71936-9 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: average PKD fare
Comment: Phil Dick is something of a guilty pleasure for me. While he's got a few great books, a lot of his work is mediocre or worse. I like his weird sensibility, though, and I've tried to real all of his works.
That's why I read The Zap Gun -- to complete my assignment. Otherwise, it's not really worth the read. While there are some good moments and some interested MacGuffins, the story itself is weak. The characters are far more two-dimensional than usual. The ending is so predictable as to be tiresome.
I enjoyed seeing some allusions to previous works -- there are several wub-references, for example. This is certainly not essential Dick. I'm glad it's in print, but I wouldn't recommend it to the casual reader.
Rating: 5
Summary: misunderstood....excellent parody and also story of longing
Comment: Of all PKD's books this may be the most misunderstood. Misunderstood because it is only a book about world politics on the surface. It represents one of his more imaginative books on his own creativity (plowshares, toys, inventions) and also a story of great longong both personally in love and professionally in his abilities. There is the usual self-doubt, the unexpected twists and, unlike many of his books, the ending his his optimistic and personally most fulfilled.
I have read near all of his novels, and the extended version of this book (not the short 1965 edition) is one of the best novels he ever wrote.
Rating: 2
Summary: SF NOVELS OPUS FIFTEEN
Comment: THE ZAP GUN reminded me a lot of another PKD novel published in the same year 1965 : DR. BLOODMONEY. In both novels, one can find material for at least four or five other books but infortunately the different themes don't get along very well in the same novel.
In THE ZAP GUN, the main theme is political and has already been treated the year before in THE PENULTIMATE TRUTH : humanity is clearly separated in two fractions, people who know the Truth and people who don't know it. If you happen to know it, you will be extracted from the common masses and belong to the ruling class. Another themes treated are a treacherous alien invasion, Empathy that will maybe save the world and cause the alien to depart, tragic romances and pharmaceutics. In fact, nothing very new for the PKD faithful fan. But remember ! an under-average book from Philip K. Dick is still better than the majority of today SF production and always offers 4 or 5 hours of sheer intellectual pleasure.
A book for ultra-hard PKD fans. Like me.
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Title: Counter-Clock World by Philip K. Dick ISBN: 0375719334 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Our Friends from Frolix 8 by Philip K. Dick ISBN: 0375719342 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 11 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Man Who Japed by Philip K. Dick ISBN: 0375719350 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Solar Lottery : A Novel by Philip K. Dick ISBN: 1400030137 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 10 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Eye in the Sky : A Novel by Philip K. Dick ISBN: 1400030102 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 10 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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