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Review Summaries
"A posthumously published companion volume to Dick's famous VALIS trilogy (VALIS, The Divine Invasion, and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer), Radio Free Albemuth condenses in one volume Dick's Gnostic-inspired themes regarding an alien power trying desperately to save humanity from its enslavement to bogus values as represented by the U.S.'s barely democratically elected president Ferris F. Fremont. The progtagonist starts out as a humble clerk at a San Francisco record store, but wind up being more indeed as he realizes that his dreams and waking dreams are in fact attempts by a benign alien power to contact him and enlist him in the cause to redeem humanity and save it from totalitarianism, false gods and other horrors. I cannot recommend this book enough.
NOTE: For those who enjoy multimedia experiences, do consider reading this book while listening to Radiohead's seminal "OK Computer""
Kate Sherrod, Resident Philip K. Dick Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Book Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40% Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 60%
Tone of book
- sensitive (sigh....)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Political power play
Yes
Political plotlets
- overthrowing govt/kingdom
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Genius
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- humans in a futuristic society
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- a moderate amount of scientific explanation
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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