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Dick Locus
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MastersNewberyWorld
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A vividly dark journey
beyond the confines of conventional consciousness and perception. Fitting that
this won the P.K. Dick Award - Phil could have written it himself.
Bizarre symbolism with subtle meanings; intelligent thought-provoking humor; disturbing, strange events; a steady undercurrent of love and compassion. High level artistry on many levels "daydreaming of coral snakes and isopods, bone marrow and xylophones, traffic lights, whistles, the planet Neptune, absolute zero..."
Statements arise in context but jolt with unexpected force: "There wasn't much a jeep could do, to comfort a brontosaur.", "An angelfish woman in anemone drag sat on a post and wished that she were a conch man.", "the crucial thing in life, I feel, is to become more and more like a machine, as you go on, and less and less like a person.", "People were dropping like flies, but the new plastics were breeding like rabbits. It gave one hope for the future."
Strong cynicism and biting social commentary tempered with deep and realistic hopefulness, a book to shake the most entrenched complacency while offering an ode to perseverance.
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