Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said.<\/a><\/em> In this story, singer and celebrity Jason Taverner goes from being one of the most popular stars on television to being completely unknown overnight. Literally. No one recognizes him, his wallet is empty of all identification…his birth certificate isn’t even on record. He is no one, which is highly dangerous in the dystopian future in which Taverner lives. To be “no one” means that the pols (police in this book) can do with you whatever they wish, which usually means labor camps or other forms of class-based detention and abuse. <\/p>\nThis, of course, would not do for Taverner, who as a “Six,” a genetically enhanced class of Human, is used to having his every whim met. Now, he can’t even find one person from his past who recognizes who he is…or rather, was. <\/p>\n
For a book written in 1974, this story was quite on-target regarding the inescapable surveillance that we now find ourselves surrounded by on a daily basis. Like Orwell before him, Dick had a frightening grasp of how technology could impinge upon our lives in Big Brother-esque ways, and of how socio-economic status would become an insurmountable obstacle that would wall in the poor and lock them away from the “better” parts of society. <\/p>\n
Out of curiosity, I went to IMDb to see what’s next on tap for Dick’s stories, and this is one of the books they’re turning into a movie. Strangely, they’re also remaking Total Recall<\/em>, which was inspired by Dick’s story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.” Depending on who they cast in the movie version of this book, it could very well be a decent film, especially since it is so very action-oriented. Of course, we are talking about Hollywood. They’ll cast Justin Timberlake as Jason Taverner and Megan Fox as Heather Hart…and my inner geek will shed bitter tears for the horror of it all. <\/p>\nFinal score: 4\/5.<\/strong> I’m going to take away a point for the creepiness of a plot twist that unraveled toward the end of the book, but that’s just my own silliness. Also, the ending was a bit too abrupt and tidy. Otherwise, this was yet another amazing Dick experience. Do with that whatever you will. <\/p>\nAnd thus ends my catch-up posts from all the books I read at the beach. I only hope this boost will be enough to keep me on-target for my 50 book goal. Keep your fingers crossed, denizens! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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