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"A Scanner Darkly" is dedicated to his many close friends that suffered or died as a result of drug use. I think there is this heartbreaking dedication at the e
by mpreda 5y ago
"A Scanner Darkly" is dedicated to his many close friends that suffered or died as a result of drug use. I think there is this heartbreaking dedication at the end of the novel, with the names of his friends and how they ended.
Yet the book is full of subtle humor, and a profound understanding of individuals' tragedy at the same time.
There is a great movie made after the novel, with the same name. The movie does capture the spirit of the book, even as switching the medium, a noteworthy achievement.
- elmomle 5y agoThe book in particular really opened my mind to the idea that illicit drug economies and anti-drug police activity are ultimately symbiotic, forming a system that consumes lives. And nothing else that I've read has conveyed so vividly the confusion and powerlessness one can feel in a life of addiction to hard drugs, caught up in that system.
- robocat 5y agoHere is the dedication: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29642422 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29642422