So with this movie coming out I decided to grab some more Dick. Philip K. Dick of course ;) So far this book is well… it’s teh awesome. What can I say? I’m halfway done and I really don’t want to stop reading. I’ll edit this and post a full review of the book when I’m done, and then add a review of the movie after I see it. I really hope they don’t kill it! (Saw the movie - read on for more about the book and movie!)

Wow. This book is one of the best I’ve read in a while. I truly enjoyed it. It left me feeling as if I was walking around in a different world. Philip K. Dick is such an amazing author - He grabbed my mind and took it for a spin. I was laughing with the junkies, I was hurting with them. I felt guilty, I felt sad, I felt happy, I felt high on drugs. I don’t know how he did it, but he did it well.

I recommend this book to anyone who has had experience with drugs. I’m not saying that you have to have used them, but if you were around someone who has - if you’ve seen someone’s life destroyed by drugs - you’ll understand this book too. If you’ve ever done a psychedelic like LSD or even MDMA, you might find yourself thinking “oh my god. that could have been me!” It’s scary and it’s supposed to be. Dick slaps you in the face with the reality of drug use and misuse.

The author’s note at the end really brings the message home. It gives me chills to think about it. I feel like I was just so recently in a different world, and now that the book is over I wonder if the world I’m in now is the world I started in before I fell into the book.

If the movie strays in any way from this book I’m going to be PISSED.

OK - Saw the movie last night….

A nicely done rendition - but it was too quick. Not enough time to really get the whole story. If you haven’t read the book I’m not sure you’ll really “get” it. A few people on the way out were asking each other “did you get it?” I missed the anecdotes, missed the time we get to spend with the characters. But hey, it’s a movie right?

The bottom line - READ THE BOOK. Then see the movie ;)