Andy and Darcy’s Blog

So tonight after Adam and Amber stopped by …

I finished reading A Scanner Darkly. This book is quite interesting. I don’t know what genre of science fiction it is from but it has a cyberpunk-like quality except that it is actually entertaining. Everyone takes drugs knowing fully that they will fry their brains and some are undercover police officers who are drug addicts as well but on the side of good. There are plans within plans. I’d tell you what the title means but it is deep and it requires an explanation that is longer than I’m willing to type tonight. Here is what Philip K. Dick says about the novel at the end:

“There is no moral in this novel; it is not bourgeois; it does not say they were wrong to play when they should have toiled; it just tells what the consequences were. ”

And the ending notes by the author indicate that it is very autobiographical. That’s even more messed up.

So on my science fiction rating scale of personal enjoyment and likeliness to reread, this book gets 3 stars. This is a quality book. I probably won’t read it again, but there is really nothing wrong with it. It’s interesting, it grabs you, and its really not even about a topic I would normally enjoy. (Minus one because its not something I would normally enjoy and minus one because I probably won’t re-read). I feel a little guilty that such a good book has gotten such a low rating on my personal scale, but oh well. 3 stars are what I have rated A Storm Of Swords and The Crystal Cave (both good). But 3 stars are also the rating I have given A Fire Upon The Deep (not that great, although well written + original). Maybe I should rethink these ratings.

But I would be interested enough to see the movie, which is very artistic looking as well. I know this because I saw Andy watching a lot of it…I wasn’t really paying attention though. I think Keanu Reeves is in this movie, and for some reason when I think of him I feel the urge to say “Dude!!”. So there it is.

Tags: adam, amber, books, reading

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