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Sep 6, 2026 9:31 PM

A Scanner Darkly (eBook) by Philip K. Dick

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Various Digital Retailers have A Scanner Darkly (eBook) by Philip K. Dick on sale for $1.99.

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  • Page Length: 307 pages
  • Winner of the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel, Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly is a semi-autobiographical novel of drug addiction set in a future American dystopia — and the basis for the Hugo Award finalist film starring Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, and Robert Downey, Jr.
  • Bob Arctor is a junkie and a drug dealer, both using and selling the mind-altering Substance D. Fred is an undercover agent, tasked with bringing Bob down. It sounds like a standard case. The only problem is that Bob and Fred are the same person. Substance D doesn't just alter the mind, it splits it in two, and neither side knows what the other is doing or that it even exists. Now, both sides are growing increasingly paranoid as Bob tries to evade Fred while Fred tries to evade his suspicious bosses. In this dystopian future, friends can become enemies, good trips can turn terrifying, and cops and criminals are two sides of the same coin. Caustically funny and somberly contemplative, Dick fashions a psychological thriller that is as unnerving as it is enthralling.

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Various Digital Retailers have A Scanner Darkly (eBook) by Philip K. Dick on sale for $1.99.

Thanks to Community Member treehead for sharing this deal.

Available Retailers: About this title:
  • Page Length: 307 pages
  • Winner of the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel, Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly is a semi-autobiographical novel of drug addiction set in a future American dystopia — and the basis for the Hugo Award finalist film starring Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, and Robert Downey, Jr.
  • Bob Arctor is a junkie and a drug dealer, both using and selling the mind-altering Substance D. Fred is an undercover agent, tasked with bringing Bob down. It sounds like a standard case. The only problem is that Bob and Fred are the same person. Substance D doesn't just alter the mind, it splits it in two, and neither side knows what the other is doing or that it even exists. Now, both sides are growing increasingly paranoid as Bob tries to evade Fred while Fred tries to evade his suspicious bosses. In this dystopian future, friends can become enemies, good trips can turn terrifying, and cops and criminals are two sides of the same coin. Caustically funny and somberly contemplative, Dick fashions a psychological thriller that is as unnerving as it is enthralling.

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    • Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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Sep 6, 2026 11:04 PM
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MrZoidbergSep 6, 2026 11:04 PM
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One of the classic PKD books, also very sad
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Sep 7, 2026 12:42 AM
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IncompletePerfectSep 7, 2026 12:42 AM
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Welp, if you haven't read it, then yiy don't need to now after it was spoiled in the first sentence.

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Sep 7, 2026 2:56 AM
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Sep 7, 2026 2:56 AM
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Triggered my "split fiction" deal alert 🤷
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Sep 7, 2026 2:45 PM
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Sep 7, 2026 2:45 PM
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Quote from IncompletePerfect View quoted comment :
Welp, if you haven't read it, then yiy don't need to now after it was spoiled in the first sentence.

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Fixed. That's how they actually list it on Amazon!
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Sep 8, 2026 1:11 PM
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AdmiralAsshatSep 8, 2026 1:11 PM
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Quote from treehead View quoted comment :
Fixed. That's how they actually list it on Amazon!
Ah yes, another victim of the TikTok-ification of books, where publishers now put the synopsis into the title itself, like it's a Japanese light novel.
Sep 8, 2026 1:54 PM
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SeltzerSep 8, 2026 1:54 PM
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Thanks! Got this one and noticed many other PKD books on sale as well.
Sep 8, 2026 8:51 PM
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MrZoidbergSep 8, 2026 8:51 PM
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Quote from AdmiralAsshat View quoted comment :
Ah yes, another victim of the TikTok-ification of books, where publishers now put the synopsis into the title itself, like it's a Japanese light novel.
Its new title is "Help! I accidentally split my conscience and now I'm a critique of the police and a parable about the dangers of drug abuse"

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