Voices From the Street by Philip K. Dick My rating: 2 of 5 stars For my review of Humpty Dumpty in Oakland, one of Dick's mainstream novels, I wrote "I feel like a total traitor, because I got through the first six chapters — to page 94 — and finally gave up. Philip K. Dick …
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Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s by Philip K. Dick My rating: 4 of 5 stars I only read three of the five novels in this anthology, as I already own and have read two of them. So this review will only be about the three I just finished reading. All in all, it …
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The new Summer 2013 of Ray's Road Review is out today! Read poetry by BZ Niditch, William L. Alton, Robert Joe Stout, Paul Brucker, and Lyn Lifshin. There's also a book review on a book of poetry by Mark Jackley. Don't forget about the fiction and nonfiction too. Read and submit. Thanks!
Ubik by Philip K. Dick My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow! Ubik was a wild ride, even by Philip K. Dick's standards. Or perhaps a better way of putting it is the book meets the high standards he creates for his works, and then some! As the book begins, we meet Glen Runciter, head …
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Vulcan's Hammer by Philip K. Dick My rating: 4 of 5 stars Philip K. Dick's Vulcan's Hammer was a good, quick, and entertaining book to read. Published in 1960, it envisions a world run by the Vulcan III, a Skynet-type computer that oversees all of the world, its governments, and citizens. (There were two previous …
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