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A Scanner Darkly

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A Scanner Darkly is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, published in 1977. [1]

55 relations: A Scanner Darkly (film), Abridgement, American Library Association, Audiobook, Autobiography, Brian Aldiss, Compact disc, Deus Irae, Doubleday (publisher), Drug culture, Drug rehabilitation, Dystopia, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, Galaxy Science Fiction, Goethe's Faust, Hardcover, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Judy-Lynn del Rey, Keanu Reeves, King James Version, Locus Award, Marin County, California, Neurocognitive, Orange County, California, Paperback, Paranoid fiction, Paul Giamatti, Philip K. Dick, Philosophy and literature, Protagonist, Psychoactive drug, Random House, Recreational drug use, Richard Linklater, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Silverberg, Roger Zelazny, Roman à clef, Rory Cochrane, Rotoscoping, Santa Venetia, California, Science fiction, Spider Robinson, Substance abuse, Substituted amphetamine, Synanon, The Dark Haired Girl, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick, The Guardian, ..., Tie-in, Ubik, VALIS, Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson. Expand index (5 more) »

A Scanner Darkly (film)

A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 American animated science-fiction thriller film directed by Richard Linklater, based on the novel of the same name by Philip K. Dick.

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Abridgement

An abridgement (or abridgment) is a condensing or reduction of a book or other creative work into a shorter form while maintaining the unity of the source.

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American Library Association

The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally.

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Audiobook

An audiobook (or talking book) is a recording of a text being read.

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Autobiography

An autobiography (from the Greek, αὐτός-autos self + βίος-bios life + γράφειν-graphein to write) is a self-written account of the life of oneself.

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Brian Aldiss

Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE (18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer and anthologies editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories.

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Compact disc

Compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony and released in 1982.

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Deus Irae

Deus Irae is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American authors Philip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny.

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Doubleday (publisher)

Doubleday is an American publishing company founded as Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 that by 1947 was the largest in the United States.

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Drug culture

Drug subcultures are examples of countercultures that are primarily defined by recreational drug use.

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Drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation (often drug rehab or just rehab) is the processes of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines.

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Dystopia

A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- "bad" and τόπος "place"; alternatively, cacotopia,Cacotopia (from κακός kakos "bad") was the term used by Jeremy Bentham in his 19th century works kakotopia, or simply anti-utopia) is a community or society that is undesirable or frightening.

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Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said is a 1974 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick.

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Galaxy Science Fiction

Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980.

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Goethe's Faust

Faust is a tragic play in two parts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, usually known in English as Faust, Part One and Faust, Part Two.

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Hardcover

A hardcover or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as case-bound) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of Binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather).

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman.

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John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, or Campbell Memorial Award, is an annual award presented by the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas to the author of the best science fiction novel published in English in the preceding calendar year.

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Judy-Lynn del Rey

Judy-Lynn del Rey née Benjamin (January 26, 1943 – February 20, 1986) was a science fiction editor.

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Keanu Reeves

Keanu Charles Reeves (born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor, director, producer, and musician.

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King James Version

The King James Version (KJV), also known as the King James Bible (KJB) or simply the Version (AV), is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, begun in 1604 and completed in 1611.

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Locus Award

The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus, a monthly based in Oakland, California, United States.

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Marin County, California

Marin County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.

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Neurocognitive

Neurocognitive functions are cognitive functions closely linked to the function of particular areas, neural pathways, or cortical networks in the brain substrate layers of neurological matrix at the cellular molecular level.

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Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California.

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Paperback

A paperback is a type of book characterized by a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples.

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Paranoid fiction

Paranoid fiction is a term sometimes used to describe works of literature that explore the subjective nature of reality and how it can be manipulated by forces in power.

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Paul Giamatti

Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born June 6, 1967) is an American actor, comedian, and producer.

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Philip K. Dick

Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American writer known for his work in science fiction.

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Philosophy and literature

Philosophy and literature involves the literary treatment of philosophers and philosophical themes (the literature of philosophy), and the philosophical treatment of issues raised by literature (the philosophy of literature).

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Protagonist

A protagonist In modern usage, a protagonist is the main character of any story (in any medium, including prose, poetry, film, opera and so on).

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Psychoactive drug

A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that changes brain function and results in alterations in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, or behavior.

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Random House

Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world.

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Recreational drug use

Recreational drug use is the use of a psychoactive drug to induce an altered state of consciousness for pleasure, by modifying the perceptions, feelings, and emotions of the user.

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Richard Linklater

Richard Stuart Linklater (born July 30, 1960) is an American filmmaker and actor.

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Robert Downey Jr.

Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor and singer.

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Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction.

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Roger Zelazny

Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber.

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Roman à clef

Roman à clef (anglicised as), French for novel with a key, is a novel about real life, overlaid with a façade of fiction.

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Rory Cochrane

Rory Cochrane (born February 28, 1972) is an American actor.

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Rotoscoping

Rotoscoping is an animation technique that animators use to trace over motion picture footage, frame by frame, to produce realistic action.

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Santa Venetia, California

Santa Venetia is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, United States.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.

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Spider Robinson

Spider Robinson (born November 24, 1948) is an American-born Canadian science fiction author.

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Substance abuse

Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is a patterned use of a drug in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods which are harmful to themselves or others, and is a form of substance-related disorder.

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Substituted amphetamine

Substituted amphetamines are a class of compounds based upon the amphetamine structure; it includes all derivative compounds which are formed by replacing, or substituting, one or more hydrogen atoms in the amphetamine core structure with substituents.

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Synanon

The Synanon organization, initially a drug rehabilitation program, was founded by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich, Sr., (1913–1997) in 1958 in Santa Monica, California.

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The Dark Haired Girl

The Dark Haired Girl is a collection of essays, poems and letters by Philip K. Dick.

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The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick

The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick is a non-fiction book containing the published selections of a journal kept by the science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, in which he documented and explored his religious and visionary experiences.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Tie-in

A tie-in work is a work of fiction or other product based on a media property such as a film, video game, television series, board game, web site, role-playing game or literary property.

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Ubik

Ubik is a 1969 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick.

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VALIS

VALIS is a 1981 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick.

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Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder (born Winona Laura Horowitz; October 29, 1971) is an American actress.

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Woody Harrelson

Woodrow "Woody" Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, activist, and playwright.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Scanner_Darkly

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