About the book: 2005 / Philip K. Dick A Scanner Darkly (1977) Philip K. Dick "Sliding in the Dark" ("A Scanner Darkly") Trans. from English — M. Kondratiev Near future. Bob Arcturus leads an illusory existence in constant drug-induced visions. Once they created for him a warm world of euphoria and peace, but now everything has changed, and the former serenity is little by little replaced by a nightmare. Bob already knows that his visions are out of control. But he also knows that he himself is not who he says he is. He is not a drug addict. He also has another hypostasis, which has nothing to do with grass, wheels, or dope. Visions are not visions. Reality is not reality. He is not he. You just need to understand which of his incarnations is the most important.