The Crystal Crypt, Philip K. Dick
The Crystal Crypt, Philip K. Dick
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The Crystal Crypt

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Chris Lutkin

Unabridged: 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/17/2017

Synopsis

In The Crystal Crypt, Earth and Mars are poised on the verge of war. On the last spaceship to leave Mars for Earth, law enforcement officials are looking for three fugitives who somehow made a great Martian city disappear. Unable to find the perpetrators, the officials allow the ship to disembark for Earth. A businessman named Thacher strikes up a conversation with a young woman and two men who reveal a very interesting secret to him about the mysterious case.

About Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) - was a prolific novelist, essayist and short story writer - having published approximately 44 novels and 121 short stories. His works have been turned into numerous popular films, including Total Recall, Minority Report, and The Adjustment Bureau. He won a Hugo Award in 1963 for his novel The Man in the High Castle and has been named as one of the hundred greatest English-language writers by Time magazine.

About Chris Lutkin

Chris Lutkin has been an actor, a director, a writer, and a teacher for over thirty years. He has narrated several audiobooks including The Early Stories of Philip K. Dick, 12 Stories by Edgar Allan Poe, and The Red Badge of Courage. He currently resides in Detroit with his wife, Heather, and their rescue dog, Buckaroo.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

First published in Planet Stories (1954), “The Crystal Crypt” is classic Dick, presenting you with a narrative that seems yawningly familiar, and then...an unexpected detail is revealed, a detail that changes the meaning of everything you have seen. The story takes place before the beginning of a war......more

Goodreads review by Jamie

Human saboteurs destroy a Martian city and barely make an escape. Or did they? Like so many PKD stories, there's a small, yet critically important development mid-way through the story that turns everything around.......more

Goodreads review by Bogi

Written 9 years after the second world war, it's pretty clear that the Leiters were modelled after the Nazis, especially if you consider the German name (Leiter equals leader in German). The story itself has a nice twist, followed by a counter twist that was a little predictable. But entertaining non......more

Goodreads review by Skyler

"Stark terror ruled the Inner-Flight ship on that last Mars-Terra run. For the black-clad Leiters were on the prowl ... and the grim red planet was not far behind." PROs: * Easy, quick, and relaxing read * Interesting story * Good twist ending * Original use of technology * Never a dull or slow moment CONs......more

Goodreads review by Raeden

A Wacky, Creative, Quick Story "Stark terror ruled the Inner-Flight ship on the last Mars-Terra run. For the black-clad Leiters were on the prowl ... and the grim red planet was not far behind." In "The Crystal Crypt," war between Terra (the new name of Earth) and Mars looms as one of Mars's great cit......more

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