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Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly, 1st ed.

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Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly, 1st ed.
<B>Philip K. Dick</B></I>. <B><I>A Scanner Darkly</B></I></B></I>. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1977. <BR>First edition. Octavo. 220 pages.<BR><BR>Tan cloth with black spine lettering. Overall fine condition.<BR><BR>During his all-too-brief lifetime, Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) completed a staggering number of brilliant science-fiction works, including 121 short stories and dozens of novels. Eight of his stories have been adapted for the screen by such luminaries as Ridley Scott (<I>Blade Runner</B></I>, from <I>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?</B></I>) and Steven Spielberg (<I>Minority Report</B></I>). <I>A Scanner Darkly</B></I> (which was adapted for a 2006 rotoscope animation film by Richard Linklater) deals with drugs in a futuristic society, circa 1986. This first edition appears to be unread. <I>From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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