A Maze of Death
by Philip K. Dick
Taste attributes: science fictionpsychologicalthrillerfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricateemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemsself destruction/implosioninjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and serious: an unsavoury science-fiction novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.5 / 5
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About This Book
A Maze of Death is a 1970 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. Like many of Dick's novels, it portrays what appears to be a drab and harsh off-world human colony and explores the difference between reality and perception. It is, however, one of his few to examine the human death instinct and capacity for murder and is one of his darkest novels.
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- Author
- Philip K. Dick
- Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 210
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