A review by hadeanstars
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick

4.0

I've loved sci-fi for as long as I can remember, but for some reason PKD just never grabbed me. I was more of an Asimov guy when I was a teenager. This though was a very enjoyable, if slightly dated, slightly strange, slightly puzzling read. I enjoyed it very much, but you can definitely feel the vibes of its time. The bad: women's breasts seem to engage in the story almost as their own characters. The good: there is a freedom to 60s/70s sci-fi which is weird but enjoyable. I get the impression that today's sci-fi could never work like this because it would be considered too frivolous. Everything is like a Marvel movie these days, and so often, what lacks is a good idea. Anyway, I'm not saying I could do better, but it perhaps might jolt a few writers out of their special effects' cliches, if they were to pick up some of these older stories. They are just inventive and don't wrestle with the vast scope of today's works.