Clans of the Alphane Moon

Paperback, 204 pages

Published Dec. 2, 1996 by Voyager.

ISBN:: 978-0-00-648248-2
OCLC Number:: 43215229

(1 review)

Clans of the Alphane Moon is a 1964 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. It is based on his 1954 short story "Shell Game", first published in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine. War between Earth and insectoid-dominated Alpha III ended over a decade ago. (According to the novel, "Alphane" refers to the nearest star to our own system, Alpha Centauri). Some years after the end of hostilities, Earth intends to secure its now independent colony in the Alphane system, Alpha III M2. As a former satellite-based global psychiatric institution for colonists on other Alphane system worlds unable to cope with the stresses of colonisation, the inhabitants of Alpha III M2 have lived peacefully for years. But, under the pretence of a medical mission, Earth intends to take their colony back.

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4 stars

Good, solid writing. Great book about mental illnesses, marriage, politics and so much else. As with some other PKD novels, for example The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, there's a lot of minor details of the story that, while being highly interesting, only get at most a cursory glance, like how the hospital broke down, the psychics of the world or even the Alphanes.

Basically, what I'm trying to say is that I want a 700 pages long PKD science fiction novel that just keeps on going and never stops. His worldbuilding is just brilliant.

Also, this edition contains a lot of goddamn typos, but yeah, it's readable.

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