Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Time Out of Joint
Book Review: Excellent Inner Space Fiction
Summary: 5 Stars
PKD's fiction can be pretty much broken down into two styles, as the afterword indicates, pulpy hamburger mass production sci fi and more introspective "inner space" fiction examining human dilemmas or dillusional states.
This book is sort of a combination of the two, PKD creates this amazing narrative which builds and builds, weaving in simple things which everyone's experienced, a sense of de ja vu or reaching for a light cord that's not there but was in another setting or at another time and remains with the individual as a subconscious memory.
However just before the finish the book takes a strange turn for the pulp sci fi which disappoints but not too much, its still seriously superior to the genuine article pulp like Heinlein and the afterword explains all.
This would be an excellent place to begin with PKD's books and the afterword will help you decide if reading any of the rest of his books is worthwhile (I did read a lot of his other books, a collection of his letters and writing and a biography).
Fans of this book will also like The Cosmic Puppets which is on a similar theme, very similar but a little more fantastical than science fictional, fans of psychological or psycho-analytical fiction like Irvin D. Yalom or One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest should like this too if they can transcend the genre bar. Incidentially the cover art is absolutely brilliant and makes a lot of sense once you've finished the book.
Book Review: Classic science fiction
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a brilliant read. It has all the characterisitcs of a Philip K Dick novel - the books starts off a slow pace, slowly building the tension until breakin point. Unlike a lot of his works, this book has not been made into a film (as far as I know) but I believe (-SPOILER ALERT- ............................................................) that this film may have influenced the writers of "The Matrix" trilogy. Very interesting read.