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sbrewer71's review against another edition
3.0
While I’m a fan of PDK, and I did enjoy reading this collection of short stories, these stories were very familiar. These stories were familiar as if I had read them before and knew what was coming next, or what the twist were going to be.
smalefowles's review
3.0
I love PKD, and even at his best, he's more of an idea man than a style man. These early stories are the snappy, mid-century magazine type, and a few of them are based on an interesting premise. In general, though, they feel underdeveloped.
You probably don't need to bother, unless you're trying to read all 121 of his short stories, and if you are, I salute you.
You probably don't need to bother, unless you're trying to read all 121 of his short stories, and if you are, I salute you.
kurtwombat's review against another edition
4.0
Reading Philip K. Dick is to gradually have the ground under you tilt away from you. As you keep reading, the ground feels the same, still solid and supportive, but before you know it the tilt is just enough that you slide off your feet and land someplace you don’t recognize. Just a moment before you thought you were in control but Dick has taken over. The stories in this collection do a nice job representing Dick’s strength as a writer. My favorite is THE VARIABLE MAN where decisions are not made based on a human intuition for what’s right but on the probability of success. A sudden unexpected variable throws everything out of whack. Next favorite would be THE DEFENDERS where the Earth has been destroyed by war and the remaining combatants strike at each other from societies underground. Both these stories and much of his work deal with mankind abdicating his responsibility toward other humans, toward his planet and even himself and the inescapable price to be paid. This particular collection I got free on my Nook and is not the best. A couple of the stories are clunkers like THE EYES HAVE IT and THE CRYSTAL CRYPT but the highs are very high.
ltinuviel's review against another edition
3.0
Отдавна четена, спомням си само че бях със смесени чувства.
Трябва да я прочета отново (а и цялата библиотека Световна фантастика).
Трябва да я прочета отново (а и цялата библиотека Световна фантастика).
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