The Cosmic Puppets (Gollancz) - Philip K. Dick

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at May 4 22:56

Even though I enjoyed this enough to read the whole story and I liked the way the concept was delivered (a concept that has been used time and time again) there were some things that irked me. For starters the writing style I found to be frustrating, lacking proper description and fluidity. Then there is the fact that the main character accepted certain reasons behind what was going on so quickly. I honestly can't accept that any rational human being however open minded could accept something so out there so readily. Yes I'm aware that this is a science fiction novel and pure fantasy but still there should always be a touch of rationalism to a story no matter how far fetched. Add to that, that no one attempted to ship the character off to a nut house or question his sanity more closely ...Read more

Rating : 6/10