|
Loading... The Cosmic Puppets (original 1957; edition 2012)by Philip K. Dick
Work detailsThe Cosmic Puppets by Philip K. Dick (1957)
None. I put this effort right up there with VALIS. I love philosophy and theology and the theme of Good versus Evil runs through this book and reminds me that is the battle we all find our selves in. And Good is going to triumph and everything will be fine and dandy at the end. (  ) Arten60 | Nov 12, 2012 |  This is Dick's first really good novel (and has a lot of similarities to his first great novel, Time Out of Joint). Ted Barton goes back to his hometown of Millgate, Va., to find it totally changed, with a history where he died at 9, and impossible to escape. This was written in 1957, which feels like a surprising milieu for PKD with its rundown small town and Ted driving around in a Packard. In a much cooler alternate universe, this would have made into a movie in 1957. With Dana Andrews as Ted and directed by Jacques Tourneur. The culture would have had a total freakout. (  ) rameau | Sep 23, 2011 | This is a true oddball of a book from Philip K. Dick. One of his earlier, minor works, it manages to cram into its short span a truly wild ride of a tale. The story starts with Ted Barton, driving through Baltimore on vacation, deciding to make a quick visit to the small town in the Appalachian mountains where he grew up. except when he gets there he finds that it is a town he has never been to before - nothing is as he remembers it. A quick check of old newspapers tells him that the Ted Barton who was born in this town died at age 9 of scarlet fever. So does this mean he is not really Ted Barton and his memories are false, or is something even stranger going on? So far we are in fairly standard PKD territory, its when odd kids with magical powers, ghostly apparitions drifting through town and a cosmic battle between Ahura-Mazda and his eternal adversary, Ahriman get thrown into the mix that the book acquires a breathless, breakneck, schlocky B-movie flavour. Its entertaining, if unexpected, though would probably not be everyone's cup of tea. Its probably also not the best place to start if you want are making a first acquaintance with PKD. (  )1  iftyzaidi | Oct 4, 2010 | A fairly straight-forward (as far as Dick goes) shorter novel that touches on a lot of Dick's more familiar themes, though perhaps a bit more shallowly than his more acclaimed work. Written in the '50s for one of Ace's double-novels and Dick's 2nd or 3rd published novel, it shows in both the prose and plot which is schlockier, pulpier, trashier, more B-movie like —choose according to preference— than the works Dick produced once he was more established. It's enjoyable enough for what it is, but it's hardly great fare. (  ) g026r | Jun 5, 2010 | A nice but simple sci-fi read, exemplifying many typical Dick themes of madness, reality and the divine. One of his easier and more straightforward works, given the earliness of his career. (  ) mikemillertime | May 7, 2010 | no reviews | add a review Is contained in
References to this work on external resources.
|
 Google Books — Loading...Popular coversRatingAverage: (3.29)
Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia in English
1