A Scanner Darkly Book Review. This book may disguise itself in a fictional world, but it is very close to dick’s personal life under the influence of drugs. A scanner darkly (1st draft, 20 dec, 1997) this unproduced interpretation of the philip k dick novel was eventually vetoed, in favour of richard linklater’s own adaptation.
However, a scanner darkly is not a story going nowhere. Dick’s penchant for multifaceted views of the same world, but there’s no mistaking the author’s heavy emotional involvement in this particular tale. Dick’s personal experiences with the drug subculture of.
It is also his most personal and autobiographical book.
My youngest brother has waxed lyrical on a number of. Richard linklater's a scanner darkly is a humanistic and undeniably heartbreaking adaptation of phillip k dick's novel. Overall, a scanner darkly was a rather unconventional science fiction novel, but a fascinating look into madness that tends to creep under your skin and remain there long after you’re done. It destroys the links between the brain's two hemispheres, leading first to disorentation and then to complete and irreversible brain damage.