Radio Free Albemuth
by Philip K. Dick
Taste attributes: science fictionpoliticalthrillerfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricateemotive & stirringsocial commentaryinjustice/tragedy/vengeancehuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, heavy science-fiction novel: dark and fresh. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.8 / 5
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About This Book
Science fiction novel, a wild and visionary alternate history of the United States. It is 1969, and a paranoid president has convulsed America in a vicious war against imaginary internal enemies. As the country slides into fascism, a struggling science-fiction writer named Philip K. Dick is trying to keep from becoming one of that war's casualties.
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- Author
- Philip K. Dick
- Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 256
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- Open Library
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