A Maze of Death, Philip K. Dick. Dawn Books, first Daw printing (1983). Cover art by Bob Pepper. 191 pages.
In my review of Philip K. Dick’s 1970 novel, I wrote that A Maze of Death is
…a mishmash of metaphysical mumbo jumbo, filtered through touches of space opera and good old fashioned haunted housery. A Maze of Death is a messy space horror that threatens to leave its readers unsatisfied right up until the final moments wherein it rings its sad coda, a reverberation that nullifies all its previous twists and turns in a soothing wash of emptiness. Not the best starting place for PKD, but I’m very glad I read it.
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The blurb made me think of The Lord of Flies. Will skip that one.
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I loved “A Maze of Death” but honestly don’t remember it that well- I guess it is a bit of a fever dream. I need to re-read it ASAP. I personally loved how it seemed just as much metaphysical-fiction as science-fiction – and I loved its messiness and bizarre horrors. I don’t know how good it is objectively – it’s certainly flawed – but it’s my kind of thing.
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