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Flow, My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
01/06/2007 . Source: Sue Davies 
pub: Gollancz. 375 page enlarged paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK only). ISBN: 978-0-575-07995-3. Buy Flow, My Tears, The Policeman Said in the USA - or Buy Flow, My Tears, The Policeman Said in the UK  check out website: www.orionbooks.co.uk
What would you do if you were a non-person? Where would you go?
When Jason Taverner washes up in a dirty motel he must think the cockroaches have a stronger chance of survival than himself. As he tries to explore his life, Jason finds he has been wiped from the records. He starts to distrust his own memories. Could he ever have really been that famous? Why does no one remember him? Is fame really that fleeting?
This is another of Philip K. Dick's exploration of reality and perception with a little bit of drug use thrown in. This obsession saw a series of novels that questioned how much we can know what we perceive as the truth is actually real.
In these modern metaphysical days this is another novel to add to the pile of treatises on the nature of existence and how we can shape our own reality. A modern philosophy has grown up around quantum mechanics and beliefs that can be deconstructed.
The story itself feels stop-start in places as it is not one of his best. There are moments but overall Dick is struggling with concepts he wants to express but putting them into this story feels forced. I found the story conclusion unsatisfactory. 'Ubik' expresses similar concepts but in a much more cohesive and enjoyable story.
This one's interesting for completists only.
Sue Davies
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