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Original Title:	A Scanner Darkly
ISBN:	057507681X (ISBN13: 9780575076815)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Bob Arctor, Donna Hawthorne, Ernie Luckman, Jim Barris, Charles Freck
Setting:	Santa Ana, California(United States)
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (1978), British Science Fiction Association Award for Novel (1978), John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (1978), Graoully d'Or for Roman étranger (1979), Tähtivaeltaja Award (1991)

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Substance D is not known as Death for nothing. It is the most toxic drug ever to find its way on to the streets of LA. It destroys the links between the brain's two hemispheres, causing, first, disorientation and then complete and irreversible brain damage.

The undercover narcotics agent who calls himself Bob Arctor is desperate to discover the ultimate source of supply. But to find any kind of lead he has to pose as a user and, inevitably, without realising what is happening, Arctor is soon as addicted as the junkies he works among...

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Title	:	A Scanner Darkly
Author	:	Philip K. Dick
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 219 pages
Published	:	August 17th 2006 by Gollancz (first published January 1977)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Dystopia. Science Fiction Fantasy. Novels. Classics. Cyberpunk

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Edit: August, 2019 November, 2016 (I read this the first time four years ago, so, re-read re-write review below) 'A Scanner Darkly' by Philip K. Dick is a barely disguised expose of the world of druggies. The science fiction elements in the fictional plot are simply a platform PKD uses to write what is basically a polemical novel about the destruction of the body and brain from a hypothetical drug, Substance "D". The drug happens to mirror actual drug destruction from addictions. I liked the

In this novel there are two types of people, those who are addicted to substance D, and those who haven't tried it yet. Substance D is the ultimate high, and highly addictive. This book is the story of Fred, the narcotics agent, and Bob Arctor, the substance D dealer, who he is investigating. Of course, Fred and Bob Arctor are one person who is having his personality split apart by copious abuse of substance D.This book is simultaneously hilarious and heart breaking and it is a really excellent

Re-read 5/15/19:I'm continually surprised, now with my third read, how much fun I have with this novel. How much fun I have with the bugs. Or how much fun I have with the missing gears on the bike. Or how much fun I have with Bob, Fred, or whoever the hell the main character is. :) By the end, he is entirely nameless. Freaky cool.I think, more than anything, I love the philosophy that is snuck in at random moments or explored in long stretches without a direct reference. PKD's afterward is very

If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.Who am I? : "A Scanner Darkly" by Philip K. DickI'm a big Pynchon fan, too, so don't get me wrong here, but it seems to me like the main difference between Dick's writing style and Pynchon's--or at least, the difference that mostly accounts for Dick being treated as a "pulp" author with some interesting ideas whereas Pynchon is considered a major "literary" figure--is simply that Dick tends to write in crisp, straightforward sentences

Be happy NOW, for tomorrow I will be writing. Take the cash and let the credit GOI'll write MY review tomorrow. Let US all be happy. And play AGAIN.ToMORROW.****So, I wrote a review I was really proud of today during lunch. Four or five paragraphs. I liked it a lot. So, I was rather disheartened when my computer froze and I had to do a hard-boot to unfreeze it. Lost everything but the vague outlines of what I wrote. Even those vague outlines seem difficult to grasp right now. I'm kinda



3.5 stars rounded to 4 after the epilogue.One day I figure out all of a Philip K. Dick novel. Ah, who am I kidding, lol. Truthfully, I like the challenge. Love the ideas. The guy was brilliant. But let me tell you, some of the situations and conversations I experienced in this book could possibly be the wildest Ive come across since reading my last Dick novel. In an epilogue, he offers his reason for writing A Scanner Darkly. It is poignant to say the least. He adds that there is no moral to