The Game-players of Titan
by Philip K. Dick · first published 1963
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The Game-Players of Titan is a 1963 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. Pete Garden, the protagonist, is one of several residents who own large swathes of property in a depopulated, post-apocalyptic future world. These residents are organized in groups of regular competitors who play a board game called "Bluff". These contestants (or "Bindmen") stake their property, marriages and future status as eligible game players on its outcomes. Pete also experiences bipolar disorder, which may adversely affect his competence as a Game participant. The Game is administered by am
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…Stories by Rand B. Lee (in particular the story Knight of Shallows) - The Star Wolf series by David Gerrold And a few easily overlooked ones by Philip K. Dick: - Clans of the Alphane Moon - The Game-Players of Titan - Now Wait for Last Year.
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite sci-fi books?” ↗…your time. The Man in the High Castle is alternate history, and features what I still consider to be the best execution of a things-are-not-what-you-think-they-are ever. I've also been thinking of The Game Players of Titan recently, but that's probably because of the talking self driving car. Ubik is also really, really good, but I can't explain it to you at all. If you want some fiction that will make you question your…
on “Paranoid Android: The Divine Madness of Philip K Dick” ↗…masterpieces like Martian Time-Slip, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, we got forgettable (and in some cases quite terrible) books like The Ganymede Takeover, The Game-Players of Titan, The Penultimate Truth, The Simulacra, and of course the universally maligned The Crack in Space. The sad truth is that Dick was fueling his writing habit with drugs (particularly amphetamines) during…
on “Philip K. Dick: A Visionary Among the Charlatans (1975)” ↗I would not attempt to "review" the man who wrote Scanner Darkly or Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep, or The Game-Players of Titan. It is jus as if a PHP or Java EE coder would try to review the Common Lisp code from AIMA or PAIP. One has to reach a comparable level of intelligence first, and hopefully reaching that level will realize…
on “Paranoid Android: The Divine Madness of Philip K Dick” ↗