Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)

Wooh, this is full-on Philip K. Dick. Nowhere near as accessible and relateable as The Man In The High Castle or Do Androids Dream... It's as paranoid as A Scanner Darkly, though even more out there.

It's set in a near future for Dick (a recent past now) where people with psionic abilities have emerged; we follow a firm of 'inertials' - people who are paid to dampen the abilities of the 'psionics'. A mission goes wrong, and frankly after that no-one is really sure what is real. Which isn't to say it's difficult to follow - you just don't know whose perceptions and ideas to trust.

It's a great read, if you're into that kind of thing, although if you don't find the sound of this appealing then I doubt you'd derive much value in it.… (mais)