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I’ll be honest. I don’t have any interest in rereading Vulcan’s Hammer or Dr. Futurity. The ladder is, in my opinion, a somewhat bland time travel drama. Vulcan’s Hammer is great on a conceptual level. But for me it feels to lack much of the creative flourishes and surrealism found in Dick’s future work. For my money there was a huge quality leap with The Cosmic Puppets. And by Time out of Joint the man was in full stride.

Isn’t it strange that the Easton Press Edition is superior? Usually Folio Society knock it out of the park but the art they commissioned doesn’t match the tone of the book in any sense. And the characters don’t look like anything anyone has ever envisioned them. Yet, Easton Press, a company known for being gaudy, lazy, and overdoing the design. They release the most tasteful design since the Rick Barry cover art. And they also going the extra mile by making it a signed edition? Definitely a bizarro situation for anyone that follows these types of releases.