In Milton Lumky Territory
by Philip K. Dick
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Author: Philip K. DickEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-29
ISBN: 0765316951
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Tor Books
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Book Review: Who is Milton Lumky?
Summary: 3 Stars
The question is: Who is Milton Lumky? I read Dick's novel expecting to find out but came to the end without this question being answered. OK, so maybe Milton Lumky is not so much a character in this novel as device concocted by Dick to reveal the persona of Bruce "Skip" Stevens, a young man trying to find his way in life. Within a few pages we see that Bruce is immature socially and intellectually. Not much more is revealed about Bruce even with the, sometimes painfully, detailed interaction with Milton Lumky. So we are still left with a lot of questions. But... perhaps this is exactly as Dick intended.
Even though there is almost no action in this story, the book draws you along with expectations and a kind of morbid curiosity. Bruce Steven's life unfolds as many others do, with a purposeless but inexorable impetus. As things turn sour for the young man, we can even sympathize to an extent, although Bruce is not the most engaging fictional character. I see this novel as a logical offshoot of the Existentialism of the 40's and 50's. It owes more to Sartre and Kerouac than Arthur Miller.
And the end is a shocker. Not because of any tragic or outrageous happening but because it seems totally contrived and, well, ersatz. I think it is Dicks raised middle finger to the literature of the day and perhaps to the reader that is expecting the happy resolution of the conflicts in the story. It provides the happy resolution in an unbelievable setting.
"In Milton Lumkey Territory" is in some ways unsatisfying and often troublesome to the reader but I believe that Philip K. Dick would not have it any other way. If you don't ponder circumstances in your own life when reading about Bruce Steven's, then there is something missing in your existence.
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