Book Review: Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said

So far, this had to be my favorite of Philip K. Dick's novels. It's about a genetically engineered celebrity that, through extenuating circumstances, becomes an unknown overnight. One day everyone knows who he is, the next day he is a nobody. He investigates the cause of this enigma and is chased by police and led into a dark underground of reality-bending drug trips.

The story is short, about 200 pages, but remarkably complex. Dick is a master of playing with our perceptions of what is real and what is our imagination. The descriptions were wrought with phantasmagorical language that transcended many layers of the text.

In 2009 The Halcyon Company, known for owning the rights to the terminator franchise and making Terminator Salvation, acquired the rights to produce a film for Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said. Here's to hoping it comes out soon!

I'd recommend this book to fans of Philip K. Dick and anyone who likes books dealing with reality and drugs.

Bookophile Rating: Ludicrous!

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The Master List of Bookophile Book Reviews
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Benioff, David - City of Thieves
Bush, George W. - Decision Points
Butcher, Jim - Storm Front (Dresden Files #1)
Butcher, Jim - Fool Moon (Dresden Files #2)

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Clare, Cassandra - City of Bones

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Dick, Philip K. - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Dick, Philip K. - Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said

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Einstein, Albert - The Evolution of Physics

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Funakoshi, Gichin - The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate

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Goodkind, Terry - Wizards First Rule

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Harris, Charlaine - Dead Until Dark
Heinlein, Robert A. - Starship Troopers

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Kaku, Michio - Physics of the Future

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Lehane, Dennis - Shutter Island
Lightman, Alan - Einstein's Dreams
Luttrell, Marcus - Lone Survivor

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Powers, Tim - The Anubis Gates

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Ramsay, Cris - Eureka: Brain Box Blues
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos - The Shadow of the Wind

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Salter, James - The Hunters
Simmons, Wayne - The Natanz Directive 

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Vonnegut, Kurt - Armageddon In Retrospect

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Wood, Chaz (editor) - A Surfeit of Mandrake

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