the forgotten dick

[adelaidesean]

People continue to talk up and make movies of the work of Philip K. Dick, but no one ever mentions my favourite novel from his large and uneven oeuvre: Maze of Death, which I like not just because it marries a dated but still interesting take on religion with Dick's unique knack for naming things, but also because it's Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None on acid.

The scene in which the surviving characters confront a mysterious building and each mis-reads a sign above its main entrance--in their own unique way--is one of my favourites in SF literature.

The day they make a movie of this book, I'll be torn between dancing in the streets and weeping (the latter because, given Hollywood's track-record in this area, it'll probably be shite).

Comments

[drbob00.livejournal.com]

Heh - was holding a copy in my hand a month or so ago and didn't pick it up. Will fix that soon :)

[ladnews.livejournal.com]

Let me know what you think. I read it again just recently and still really enjoyed it. The same with Barrington J Bayley's SOUL OF THE ROBOT. I loved that as a teenager and still liked it as an adult, even though I disagree with the novel's conclusions.

Sometimes you can go back.