num_pages: 220
description: Substance D is not known as Death for nothing. It is the most toxic drug ever to find its way on to the streets of LA. It destroys the links between the brain's two hemispheres, causing, first, disorientation and then complete and irreversible brain damage.The undercover narcotics agent who calls himself Bob Arctor is desperate to discover the ultimate source of supply. But to find any kind of lead he has to pose as a user and, inevitably, without realising what is happening, Arctor is soon as addicted as the junkies he works among...
language: English
title: A Scanner Darkly
titlecomplete: A Scanner Darkly
characters: Ernie Luckman, Bob Arctor, Charles Freck, Donna Hawthorne, Jim Barris
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, American, Cyberpunk, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Fantasy, Dystopia
ratings_count: 99804
places: Santa Ana, California, Anaheim, California, Los Angeles, California
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: British Science Fiction Association Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Graoully d'Or
category: Roman étranger, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Tähtivaeltaja Award
publisher: Gollancz