Science Fiction Novels

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A Scanner Darkly (1977)

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A Scanner Darkly borrows from real life events of Philip K. Dick's life when he lived in San Rafael, CA, in the early seventies, a low point in his life, where he was involved with drugs and drug users. The book was made into a movie by Richard Linklater.

American Editions

  • Doubleday 1977, 220 pages, $6.95, hard cover
  • Doubleday SF Book Club Edition 1977, 220 pages, $2.98, hard cover
  • Del Rey 1977, 220 pages, $1.95, paperback
  • Daw 1984, 222 pages, $2.50, paperback
  • Vintage 1991, 222 pages, $10.00, trade paperback
  • In "Counterfeit Unrealities", SF Book Club Edition, 2002, $14.99, 724 pages, hard cover
  • Vintage 2006, 279 pages, $12.95, trade paperback, movie tie in edition.
  • in "Five Novels of the 1960s and 70s", Library of America 2008, 1000 pages, $40.00, hard cover

British Editions

  • Gollancz 1977, 220 pages, £3.50, hard cover
  • Granada 1978, 254 pages, 95p, paperback
  • Grafton 1987, 254 pages, £2.50, paperback (reprinted in 1990)
  • Voyager 1996, 256 pages, paperback
  • Gollancz 1999, 217 pages, £6.99, trade paperback, cover by Chris Moore
  • In "Five Great Novels", Gollancz, 2004, 841 pages, £12.99, trade paperback and 2008, 841 pages, £14.99, trade paperback
  • Gollancz 2006, 219 pages, £6.99, trade paperback, movie tie in edition

Cover Gallery

Doubleday, 1977 SFBCE, 1977 Gollancz, 1977 Del Rey, 1977 Granada, 1978
Daw, 1984 Grafton, 1987 Vintage, 1991 Voyager, 1996 Gollancz, 1999
SFBCE, 2002 Gollancz, 2004 Gollancz, 2006 Vintage, 2007 Library of America, 2008
Gollancz, 2008 Mariner, 2011

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A Scanner Darkly, graphic novel based on the screenplay by Richard Linklater

  • Pantheon, July 2006, 189 pages, $23.95, hard cover
  • Orion/Gollancz, Sept 2006, £10.99, 189 pages, trade paperback