If only the introduction to this book was good, this book would be already totally worth reading. Because in the introduction, Dick creates a fascinating account around art/politics/culture/religion that is so chilling and thrilling that the rest of the book will feel a letdown after it.
And not because the science-fiction stories that follow are bad, because they are not, with your typical Dick's penchant for mixing religion, what is real, what is human, with the future, making for a hallucinated compilation that is a must. A little old-fashioned, of course, and with a little bit too much of religion for some tastes, of course, but gripping nonetheless.
But that introduction, woah.
The best: the introduction is a work of art on itself
The worst: too much religion
Alternatives: Frank Herbert, who also had lots of religion (in a different way); Heinlein; Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"; more Philip K. Dick; Neal Stephenson... The list is endless
9/10
(English)
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