A Scanner Darkly (Gollancz S.F.)

A Scanner Darkly (Gollancz S.F.)

by PhilipK.Dick (Author)

Synopsis

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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: Film Tie-in Ed
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 17 Aug 2006

ISBN 10: 057507681X
ISBN 13: 9780575076815
Book Overview: One of Philip K. Dicks greatest novels is brought to the screen via the groundbreaking vision of Richard Linklater

Media Reviews
One of the most original practitioners writing any kind of fiction, Dick made most of the European avant-garde seem like navel-gazers in a cul-de-sac * Sunday Times *
My literary hero * Fay Weldon *
For everyone lost in the endlessly multiplicating realities of the modern world, remember: Philip K. Dick got there first * Terry Gilliam *
Author Bio
Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) was born in Chicago but lived in California for most of his life. He went to college at Berkeley for a year, ran a record store and had his own classical-music show on a local radio station. He published his first short story, 'Beyond Lies the Wub' in 1952. Among his many fine novels are The Man in the High Castle, Time Out of Joint, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said.