A review by glenmowrer
Vulcan's Hammer by Philip K. Dick

4.0

Re-read for the umpteenth time but not for a few years. This 1960 pulp is a remarkably timely anticipation the present US political mess. Basically a warning about the power of data collection by computer and the politics of populism as well as a protest about intellectualism's dismissiveness toward people doing manual work. Facebook/Trump? I can see why Hollywood is proposing to make a film of it. On a separate plane, the story is a mild Dick narrative. Less religious/psychological/absurd themes. Nonetheless it is fun to see the idea of a car system that allows the vehicle to locate a residence in an area unknown to the driver or his discussion of the concept that single family residential properties would be a sign of extreme affluence (in a time when sfr tract homes were being built at a record level).