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A Scanner Darkly

By Philip K. Dick

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| Paperback | 9781857988475

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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, iContinue

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.

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  • A Scanner Darkly

    You don't have to be into sci-fi to know Dick. Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Paycheck?. You've seen 'em. Or you've read where they come from. And even if you haven't done either, you've felt 'em all, reverberating through the pop consc ... (read full critics)

    flakmag published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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    read it in ebook format, at night - in the dark - on my palm pc; that seemed to me quite an appropriate way to do it. liked it - it was my first dick. strange fact: i've found that, with this book - as, btw, with pynchon's "crying" - that everyone tends to recall his favorite bits of the book, while ... (continue)

    read it in ebook format, at night - in the dark - on my palm pc; that seemed to me quite an appropriate way to do it. liked it - it was my first dick. strange fact: i've found that, with this book - as, btw, with pynchon's "crying" - that everyone tends to recall his favorite bits of the book, while completely forgettin' other nice parts: no-one seems to remember, for instance, the hashish-made man with the clockwork inside, walking 'till---

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