Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

I Love This Book! It is the best storyline ever written! It espouse the virtue of Love and Humanity which is the most important thing in the human condition, because it is that which is necessary for survival, only our love survives, and makes us survive. Just read the one on one talk Jason Taverner has before he's arrested. Philip K. Dick is a master for understanding and writing about the...more

I Love This Book! It is the best storyline ever written! It espouse the virtue of Love and Humanity which is the most important thing in the human condition, because it is that which is necessary for survival, only our love survives, and makes us survive. Just read the one on one talk Jason Taverner has before he's arrested. Philip K. Dick is a master for understanding and writing about the nature of reality. A very enlightened writer indeed. "Yes, I can tell... [you're] depressed. [...] and then you wanted to put your arms around me, you know, like you did, like a child would, for a second. I've had that sort of inspiration, or rather call it impulse, from time to time during my life. I'm forty-seven now. I understand. You want to not be by yourself late at night, especially when it's unseasonably chilly like it is right now. Yes, I agree completely, and now you don't exactly know what to say because you did something suddenly out of irrational impulse without thinking through the final consequences. But it's okay; I can dig it. Don't worry about it one damn bit."   hide

Despite the awards this novel has won, I wasn't all that impressed. I found the ending and the explanations rather unconvincing, and found myself wishing Dick would use some new ideas - all his stories focus on two themes: the protagonist questioning his own humanity and what it means to be human; and the protagonist questioning the nature of reality... oh, and drugs - can't have a Dick novel...more

Despite the awards this novel has won, I wasn't all that impressed. I found the ending and the explanations rather unconvincing, and found myself wishing Dick would use some new ideas - all his stories focus on two themes: the protagonist questioning his own humanity and what it means to be human; and the protagonist questioning the nature of reality... oh, and drugs - can't have a Dick novel without drugs! Overall, I much preferred 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?', 'The Man in the High Castle' and 'A Scanner Darkly'.   hide

Another must-read for anyone interested in Philip K. Dick. The central theme is fear, and how it motivates us to do things that anger, jealousy, and despair never could. In the typical Phildickian style, the main character wakes up in a world where he was never born and where he must guage the motivations of those around him in order to survive the brutal police state the world has become. One...more

Another must-read for anyone interested in Philip K. Dick. The central theme is fear, and how it motivates us to do things that anger, jealousy, and despair never could. In the typical Phildickian style, the main character wakes up in a world where he was never born and where he must guage the motivations of those around him in order to survive the brutal police state the world has become. One of Dick's better works and an absolute page-turner.   hide

After Waking Life became one of my favorite movies, I had to find this book. It is most amazingly written, with a colorful, rich plot and vivid descriptions of a terrifying world for a once international-celebrity who has had his identity ripped away, making him nonexistant. I'm reading it again to try and further comprehend it. This is a wonderful book.