The Penultimate Truth Audiobook

" This started off well and then just got crazy weird on me. Some other PKD books go into strange territory, but are ultimately redeemable, but this one did not do it for me. "

" More media-suspicious weirdness from Philip K. Dick. A lie perpetrated to allow the upper class to keep living upper class lives, while the rest of humanity lives underground, thinking World War III is still raging over their heads. Great writing and viscerally disturbing stuff. "

" Sometimes you wish someone would've taken the Crazy Genius and whacked him upside the head with a good editor. "

" Really interesting look at the end of the world. I thought it was a great book, with a lot of originality. "

" Set in a world in which people are trapped underground at first for their own safety and then by their own fear. This is the universal story of how governments work to manipulate their populations. Philip K. Dick does a masterful job with language, weaving obscure latin, english, and neologisms. It's an exercise to read both philosophically and intellectually. The best thing is that Dick never delivers a neat ending, and you can't count on a sequel or series. "

" the chronology is screwed, but the bit about the U.S. Army Air Corps and so on, and the whole advertising angle to the book--brilliant. And darkly satirical. Think The Matrix without all the idiotic "why would machines bother with humans as a power source?" issues. "

" A fantastic idea for a novel. lacked a bit in the execution because of the unnecessary mysticism. Still, a very good read. "

" Visionario e inquietante, altro che fantascienza! Se non stiamo attenti ci finiremo presto sottoterra a vivere in una sorta di catacomba. "

" Excellent book don't always trust what you are being told "

" This book was very good, once I figured out the premise of it. It through me for a loop & kept me engaged. "

" This books was phenomenal. Philip K. Dick is extremely imaginative with this story. Please read and see for yourself. "

" I was low level bored throughout this book. There was a moment, near the beginning where it seemed like it could get interesting but it passed. The only reason I finished it was that the chapters were short enough to read during different parts of my commute. "

" A fairly linear and discernible plot, particularly for a PKD novel: The majority of people live beneath the Earth's surface because they believe the world above is a radioactive wasteland. Meanwhile, a privileged class lives above, benefiting from the labor of those below. "

" Post-war, lots of the population are crammed beneath the earth as the world above is apparently ripped apart by radiation and the after-effects of war. One man gets out, and discvers the truth. An excellent read. "

" Most people have rated this so-so, and I don't even think it's in print anymore, but for some reason I really like this one. In the top 3 to 5 PKD books. "

" This is a fairly straight up science fiction thriller other than some banter in the early pages. Not one of his best books but not bad. "

" The first 50 pages are terrible. The other 95 pages are killer. "

" Interesting setting and some interesting plots. What raised the rating was actually the ending. There's a simple message in this book and it gets driven home in a ironic way in the last chapter. "

" Decent book not good not bad. Definitley has a political undertone that not only made sense during the cold war, but during the Bush years also. "

" to be very very afraid "

" A great example of PKD's paranoia fiction, this Morlock-Eloi remix doesn't quite deliver on the promise of its opening chapters. "

" Now I'm starting to get why people really like Philip K. Dick, this was really entertaining. "

" Patchy start but the suspense will get you in the end. I liked the archaeological bits as well. "

" Dick's stories are always interesting. His blend of sci-fi and questions of knowledge and identity always make me think long after the book is done. "