American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 121: The Zap Gun, Part 1
18 Nov 2018
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My review of the opening chapters of "The Zap Gun" by Philip K. Dick. An interesting novel exploring the relationship between the military-industrial complex and a consumer economy. In this part of the novel we meet our depressed hero with an explosive name, Lars Powderdry.
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