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The Simulacra
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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Summary
On a ravaged Earth, fate and circumstances bring together a disparate group of characters, including a fascist with dreams of a coup, a composer who plays his instrument with his mind, a First Lady who calls all the shots, and the world’s last practicing therapist. And they all must contend with an underclass that is beginning to ask a few too many questions, aided by a man called Loony Luke and his very persuasive pet alien.
In classic Philip K. Dick fashion, The Simulacra combines time travel, psychotherapy, telekinesis, androids, and Neanderthal-like mutants to create a rousing, mind-bending story where there are conspiracies within conspiracies and nothing is ever what it seems.
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- Kamawan
- 28-07-16
Decent book
Narrator was so staccato-robotic that for the first half an hour I honestly could not tell, try as I might, if he was a real person, or an artificial text-to-speech voice, such as Microsoft text-to-speech. Still wouldn't be suprised if it turned out to be artificial. Made it difficult to listen to.
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- G
- 24-09-21
good but not great
Not one of PKDs best but still pretty good. Gets a bit confusing with too many pov characters who aren't distinct enough, but some great ideas as ever.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- marie
- 23-12-12
Philip K Dick is a genius
His stuff reads surprising well. Read aloud you get the time to appreciate his philosophical musings.
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- Dan
- 05-12-21
Terrible voice
The voice is unbearable, like an aged 80s computer. Such a waste of apparently a good book.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-11-21
do not buy
awful narration do not buy. do not buy do not buy awful robot narration that lags
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