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MADNESS - THIS TIME FOR REAL
Philip K. Dick is, of course, best-known for his Science Fiction stories and novels. Since his death 25 years ago many of his fans came to his work via movies based on his writings -- with the movie BLADERUNNER based on his novel DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? leading the box office and critical acclaim.
Few know that before he concentrated on SciFi he spent a number of years fruitlessly trying to sell mainstream Fiction. This novel, just-released for the first time was his first attempt and, in many ways, it well accomplishes a sort of posthumous “I told you so” for PKD (Philip K. Dick often being referred to by his initials).
The novel has, first, a PKD -feeling but with a twist from his best-known works. In his SciFi worlds, main characters are often challenged by
CHASING THE PAST
Every person’s life is a puzzle, a conundrum seeking answers that can only be supplied by each individual’s own, unique and personal quest. Clarissa Iverton, the hero of this work by Vendela Vida, has a life that is not just a puzzle but a full-fledged mystery. On the day of her father’s death she learns he was not her biological father.
Clarissa’s life has been a stable one but for the fact that her mother disappeared one day when she was young. So finding her birth certificate in her New York home indicating that her real father was a Laplander is more than just a surprise. In some ways it is her first clue, her first signpost on discovering her true past and so she sets out for the lands North of the Arctic Circle.
She says good bye her fiance, her friends, her
