A Scanner Darkly

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by Philip K. Dick

California, the mid-1990’s – a society split between the “straights” (with their privileges) and the dopers (with their dreams), leaving the narks stranded in the no-man’s land between…

 

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Substance D is not known as Death for nothing. It is the most toxic drug ever to find its way on to the streets of LA. It destroys the links between the brain’s two hemispheres, causing, first, disorientation and then complete and irreversible brain damage.

The undercover narcotics agent who calls himself Bob Arctor is desperate to discover the ultimate source of supply. But to find any kind of lead he has to pose as a user and, inevitably, without realising what is happening, Arctor is soon as addicted as the junkies he works among…

Additional information

Book Condition

Used – Good

Cover

Paperback

Size

254 pages

Published

December 14, 1978 by Panther Books
First published in 1977

Genre

Fiction, Classics, Dystopian, Science Fiction

Awards

Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (1978),
British Science Fiction Association Award for Novel (1978),
John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (1978),
Graoully d'Or for Roman étranger (1979),
Tähtivaeltaja Award (1991)