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Dr Futurity by Philip K. Dick
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Dr Futurity (edition 1976)

by Philip K. Dick

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Jim Parsons is a talented doctor, skilled at the most advanced medical techniques and dedicated to saving lives. But after a bizarre road accident leaves him hundreds of years in the future, Parsons is horrified to discover an incredibly advanced civilization that zealously embraces death.
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Title:Dr Futurity
Authors:Philip K. Dick
Info:London : Eyre Methuen, 1976.
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Tags:Novel, Science-Fiction

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Dr. Futurity by Philip K. Dick

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A fairly standard PKD romp through the exploration of space and time. I was satisfied with the characters and the plot, though they did not seem to be as detailed and in depth as many of other PKD works. However, the plot-line was very focused and direct in this one and I feel that this was a more stabilized, logical, and brief sojourn rather than a longer one- which could have offered more key details. Nevertheless, I was appeased.

3 stars. ( )
  DanielSTJ | Jul 20, 2019 |
Looks at some of the paradoxes of time travel and some of the strange things that can happen to a doctor taken and eventually returned to his own time. ( )
  brakketh | Oct 25, 2016 |
A man is plucked from his time to a very strange future and rolls with it way too well. I usually enjoy Dick's explorations into life, death and life after death, time travel and evil corrupt governments, but not here. There's lots of ideas but not much believability. I kept wondering if this man had any friends back in his own time. We know he has a wife, but he hardly thinks or worries about her. I was also frustrated by Dick's refusal to supply descriptive details about things: cars, food, medical equipment, etc. that practically scream for it. ( )
1 vote sixslug | Jan 18, 2015 |
Sono incerto:

tutto sommato è bello e leggerlo non è uno spreco di tempo

ma

è un Phil K. che sembra adattarsi alla sci-fi dell'epoca, più "commerciale" e non "particolare" come altre sue opere.

Ecco u_u

(E come dice Alvin, per fare i fighi bisogna dire "contaminazioni", quindi:)
Ci sono delle contaminazioni u_u di cosa non lo so ma ci sono delle contaminazioni u_u ( )
  Malla-kun | Sep 22, 2012 |
Pretty minor Dick, but still has the jazzy improv feel of his later novels The Simulacra and Clans of the Alphane Moon. Supposedly Van Vogt would slam two unrelated novellas together to make a novel. This seemed like that. Some of PKD's tics (Mars, classical music, German) make cameos. ( )
  rameau | Aug 3, 2011 |
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Dick, Philip K.primary authorall editionsconfirmed
Alpers, Hans JoachimAfterwordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Eisele, MartinTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Moore, Chrissecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Morrill, RowenaCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Wöllzenmüller, FranzCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Jim Parsons is a talented doctor, skilled at the most advanced medical techniques and dedicated to saving lives. But after a bizarre road accident leaves him hundreds of years in the future, Parsons is horrified to discover an incredibly advanced civilization that zealously embraces death.

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Jim Parsons è un medico di talento, abile nelle più avanzate tecniche mediche e occupato a salvare vite umane. Ma un incidente stradale lo proietta improvvisamente a centinaia di anni di distanza, nella San Francisco del futuro, dove Parsons scopre con orrore una civiltà incredibilmente avanzata dal punto di vista genetico, ma guidata da discutibili valori etici e in preda a lotte intestine tra fazioni rivali; una società che abbraccia il culto della morte e si fonda sulla distruzione e sulla violenza. Si trova quindi intrappolato tra il suo istinto, che lo spingerebbe a guarire le persone, e il conflitto con una realtà in cui è illegale impegnarsi per salvare vite umane. Ma Parsons non è l'unico a credere che la vita abbia un valore da preservare; e coloro che condividono le sue convinzioni stanno mettendo a punto dei piani per sfruttare le sue competenze mediche e salvare così un'idea di futuro.
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