Báb's Treatise Between the Two Fern-like Sanctuaries

**Don't think sorry's easily said
Don't try turning tables instead
You've taken lots of chances before
But I ain't gonna give anymore, don't ask me
That's how it goes
Cause part of me knows what you're thinkin'**

Like most of PKD's novels, 'Eye in the Sky' has several things going on at once. It is a not-so-subtle Anti-McCarthyism tract (written in 1957, close to the end of peak Red Scare), showing the absurdity of prosecuting and persecuting people for what they think. After that is is a rather interesting, but still flawed and uneven Sci-Fi novel that shows what happens wen those thoughts are the very thing that controls the Universe. You let the mind of an old, religious dogmatist control the Universe and you end up with a tribal deity, reminiscent of the angry and arbitrary God of the Old Testament (in the novel it is Bábism) that is ALL bluster and thunder. You let the Universe be dictated by a frumpy mother, you end up with a genocide of unpleasant things: weeds, cats, bad smells, and reproductive parts ... poof ... all gone.

Although written in the late 1950s, this novel reminded me a lot of Morrow's Towing Jehovah (1994). Both take the absurd-level of religion or prejudice, or fear and blow them up and examine them. Anyway, 'Eye in the Sky' was fun and clever, but in the end it wasn't top-shelf Philip K Dick. Probably more influential than good. Still, I don't regret reading/listening to it.

**Don't leave false illusions behind
Don't cry, I ain't changing my mind
So find another fool like before
Cause I ain't gonna live anymore believing
Some of the lies while all of the signs are deceiving**

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amazing story and wonderful narration.

amazing story by Dick.
a thought provoking and intelligently designed world.

wonderful narration, voices were unique and distinct.
easy to tell who was speaking at any time.
pace was perfect, words were clear.

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It will blow your mind !

The narrator did a great job . It's a great story and should be.a film.

Enjoyed it more than times I’ve read it

That is a surprise. I’ve read this book a few times and always had mixed feelings about it. This time I really enjoyed it without qualifications.

Spoiler below

I kept expecting reasonable behavior from the "real" world, but I think that may have been the point... If the real world had been reasonable, our protagonists wouldn't have had a story arc.