Simulacra Chs. 1-8 & Minority Report

Some typical PKD elements that I've noticed in both are government control, some sort of destruction that leads to apocalypse, androids or other simulated things that are supposed to be human-like, and he has a fascination with life in space and living on other planets. Mystery seems to also be a big PKD element. 

What did I think of the story? With the Simulacra, I was a little bit confused. But I think I'm starting to get it. I found it intriguing that there's a First Lady and she's in charge. I'm wondering if she's a Simulacra because she doesn't age. 

With Minority Report, I had actually seen the movie before reading the novel. I had to remember not to compare them both to each other because they are two different things. Everyone in the novel seemed to be doing stuff only to benefit themselves. The idea of Precrime was interesting, trying to stop it before it could actually happen. As well as the precogs being able to "see" the future granted that minds did not change. Once you get to the end, it was really easy to see that the government and the Army is trying to control the minds of the citizens. PKD really does have some interesting ideas when it comes to "future" technology.