Time Out of Joint

from Redcloud0

If you have never a read PKD "Time Out of Joint" is a great place to start. The recurrent theme of finding yourself in a false reality is presented, but in a less abstruse manner than in some other PKD works. At the end of the novel it is made clear what is real and what is artifical - a bright l...

from delta351

Not my favorite PKD book, but the final chapter saves the day. I read the Carroll & Graf version from 1984, and there was a very good essay at the end of the book by Lou Stathis. He gave a brief synopsis of PKD's life, and some background on the time in his career that he wrote TOOJ.

from bcquinnsmom

I would recommend this to anyone -- the "science" of the science fiction isn't so in your face; in fact, when you start reading it you'll say "this is sci-fi?" The writing is very good, the characterization is excellent and the story itself is wonderful. basic plot If you read the afterward in th...

from ericj.dixon

I enjoyed this more than DADES. I found the final chapter particularly moving. Dick has the ability to convey through his prose a feeling of uneasiness and surreality equal to the best authors of magical realism.

from kslade

Really good novel that is kind of like the movie, The Truman Show. Reality is not what it seems! A coworker told me about this one.