Eye in the Sky -- Philip K. Dick

"I have never seen [its] theme handled with greater technical dexterity or given more psychological meaning."--<em>Fantasy and Science Fiction</em> <p/>When a routine tour of a particle accelerator goes awry, Jack Hamilton and the rest of his tour group find themselves in a world ruled by Old Testament morality, where the smallest infraction can bring about a plague of locusts. Escape from that world is not the end, though, as they plunge into a Communist dystopia and a world where everything is an enemy. <p/>Philip K. Dick was aggressively individualistic and no worldview is safe from his acerbic and hilarious take downs. <em>Eye in the Sky</em> blends the thrills and the jokes to craft a startling morality lesson hidden inside a comedy.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Philip K. Dick<br><b>Publisher:</b> Harper Voyager<br><b>Published:</b> 05/15/2012<br><b>Pages:</b> 256<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.53lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.24h x 5.34w x 0.64d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780547572543<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Over a writing career that spanned three decades, PHILIP K. DICK (1928-1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralized power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned to deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film, notably, <i>Blade Runner</i> (based on <i>Do Androids Dre