A Scanner Darkly

A Scanner Darkly
First edition (hardcover)
AuthorPhilip K. Dick
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction, paranoid fiction, philosophical literature
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
1977
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages220 (1st edition)
ISBN0-385-01613-1 (1st edition)
OCLC2491488
813/.5/4
LC ClassPZ4.D547 Sc PS3554.I3

A Scanner Darkly is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, published in 1977. The semi-autobiographical story is set in a dystopian Orange County, California, in the then-future of June 1994, and includes an extensive portrayal of drug culture and drug use (both recreational and abusive). The novel is one of Dick's best-known works and served as the basis for a 2006 film of the same name, directed by Richard Linklater.