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Title: The Broken Bubble
Author: Philip K Dick
Read By: David Hartley
Copyright: 1988
Audiobook Copyright: 1988
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The Broken Bubble by Philip K. Dick
Blooston
The rewards of the Broken Bubble seem meager. Without the humor or wisdom
of Dick's science
fiction, this portrait of 1950's anomie is dominated by its bleak naturalism
and
soap-operatic earnestness. -- New York Times
Publisher's Weekly
Dick, primarily known for his science fiction, produced a number of
mainstream novels, but
only one of these was published during his lifetime. Since his death
in 1982, these fresh,
involving books, written in the 1950s, have been appearing at the rate
of about one a year;
they reveal the author as a keen observer of life and love with an acutely
modern
sensibility. This narrative centers on the breathtakingly destructive
lives of four
residents of Northern California in 1956. All are lost souls to some
extent, capable of
taking almost violent action to assuage feelings of emptiness and meaninglessne-
ss. The
narrator is Jim Briskin, a radio personality who has jeopardized his
job in an act of
willful rebellion and now turns to his ex-wife Pat, whom he still loves.
Pat is even more
willful but less mindful of consequences than Jim; when he takes her
to visit two of his
fans, a married teenage couple, Pat seduces the husband, setting in
motion chaotic forces
that almost wreck the lives of all four. A fascinating, totally believable
account of life
in the age of anxiety.
Library Journal
Set in mid-1950s San Francisco, this truly offbeat tale concerns disk
jockey Jim Briskin,
his ex-wife Pat, and married teenagers Art and Rachael. Briskin loves
his ex-wife,
classical music, and rock & roll. Pat loves no one. Art and Rachael
idolize Jim because he
is a disk jockey. Jim, in turn, sees himself as something of a father
figure for Art and
pregnant Rachael. After Pat seduces Art, it remains to Jim and Rachael
to save both
themselves and the other two. Marked by excellent characterization and
a strong sense of
place and time, this second posthumously published mainstream novel
by celebrated science
fiction writer Dick should further enhance his growing literary reputation.
Highly
recommended for collections of serious fiction.James B.Hemesath, Adams
State Coll. Lib.,
Alamosa, Col.
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