Allreaders.com
Author Philip K. Dick booklist (click here)

Book Review By Jason Seward
Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick

An unemployed potter in a near future earth is visited by the manifestation of an alien from a far off planet. The alien is seeking help lifting a cathedral from the bottom of an ocean and fixing it up.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book -
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding - change of heart
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Religious overtones? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Terrain
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century)
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - inhabited by friendly aliens
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
Back To Main Menu