The Dice Man
by Luke Rhinehart
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Author: Luke RhinehartEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-05-01
ISBN: 0879518642
Number of pages: 324
Publisher: Overlook TP
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- ISBN13: 9780879518646
- Condition: NEW
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Book Review: absolute genius
Summary: 5 Stars
Rhinehart's fictional autobiography of a psychiatrist who first explores radical new ways of approaching life in order to avoid sinking ever further into stagnant boredom, and then creates a cult movement out of the philosophical implications of the result, is simply a totally hysterical sendup of popular culture, the concept of psychotherapy, upper middle class values, and people's conception of the self. It is a novel of absolute genius.
The writing comes across as mildly intellectual, reflective, thoughtful and cultured, which soon makes the content and substance of what is written ironic, crazy funny, and subtly thoughtful. Diceliving as such is obviously a joke, but the reasons for considering it are not, and Rhinehart's treatment of the concept is screamingly funny while simultaneously letting the reader wonder if some variant, perhaps a 1% solution, wouldn't make life more interesting. The autobiography itself takes the man from complacent, bored and stuffy luxury to murder, madness, disrespect and to moral nullity...but he's living his bliss!
Leaving aside the philosophical implications of the book's central joke (it IS a joke, don't get hung up on it!), the rest of the novel's ups and downs are written so well, episodic thought they may be, that this reader laughed out loud for hours (particularly the cocktail party scene).
The book is so well conceived, so original, so funny, and such a successful sendup of the cultural conceits we live by, it deserves six stars.
Summary of The Dice Man
The cult classic that can still change your life! Let the dice decide! This is the philosophy that changes the life of bored psychiatrist Luke Rhinehart -- and in some ways changes the world as well. Because once you hand over your life to the dice, anything can happen. Entertaining, humorous, scary, shocking, subversive, The Dice Man is one of the cult bestsellers of our time.United States Books
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