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The Man Who Japed (Vintage) (Paperback)

by Philip K. Dick (Author)
2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage Books; Reprint edition (1 Nov 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0375719350
  • ISBN-13: 978-0375719356
  • Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 989,278 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars The Man Who Japed, 11 Oct 2008
By David Brookes (Sheffield, UK) - See all my reviews
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P.K. Dick brings another relatively short novel encapsulating some very good ideas wrapped in a brief but enjoyable story. You can read the synopsis elsewhere, but the overall story is well done, rockets along with plenty of sardonic humour and succinct observations on the characters and society.

There are some odd ideosyncracies in the book, most noticably a bizarre grammatical structure that pops up again and again when the characters describe something - "This ridiculous is" and "This dangerous is". It makes them often sound like Yoda, with no real explanation. It's most likely an unusually amateur attempt by Dick to further define his future reality, which itself is full of so many gimmicks and gadgets that it's hard to imagine the future being any other way.

Insightful, funny and well worth the few pence it is to pick it up now. It was also recently reprinted - 2002, I think - so you don't have to put up with the awful cover displayed here that, incidentally, has nothing at all with the story of the novel!

6/10
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3.0 out of 5 stars Everyone Starts Somewhere, 29 Aug 2008
By Mr. T. Berriman "berriman_toby" (UK) - See all my reviews
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You can tell that this is one of Dick's earliest novels, the writing style is very weak compared to his later novels. However you still get the themes of social commentary and occasionally questioning the nature of reality and sanity that are such cornerstones of all P K Dick novels. Plot-wise this is a fairly good book with an interesting story, but as I said the writing style is off-putting. Something for an established P K Dick fan, but not if it's one of the first you read!
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2.0 out of 5 stars A poor man's 1984, 11 Jan 2007
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I read this book when I was 15. I wasn't very impressed. I had recently read Orwell's 1984, and this is like a very dull version of that novel. Since then I have read two much better novels by Dick: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and The Man in the High Castle. I strongly recommend both of those, but not this one.
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