The Search for the Dice Man

by Luke Rhinehart

Book Overview

The sequel to the cult classic The Dice Man, this book can also change your life Larry Rhinehart is the son of an infamous father -- the renegade psychiatrist Luke Rhinehart, otherwise known as the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0586215158
• ISBN13: 9780586215159
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.9" x 4.4"

Customer Reviews

Time to reconsider "The Dice Man"

I feel about "Dice Man" a bit like I feel about Ayn Rand's novels: Both begin in our real world and proceed to carry us towards an alternate (superior?) life structure envisioned by the author. I can't see either vision as a complete blueprint for re-forming my life, and yet the ideas are extremely thought-provoking and powerfully expressed. The orginal "Dice Man" is a great fantasy. This follow-on, set 20 years later, is a (somewhat) more realistic examination of the implications of dice living. True, it's a bit less fantastic than the original, but if you really found the dice notion interesting, you should read this as well. I enjoyed it, both for its ideas and as a novel.

Time to reconsider "The Dice Man"

I feel about "Dice Man" a bit like I feel about Ayn Rand's novels: Both begin in our real world and proceed to carry us towards an alternate (superior?) life structure envisioned by the author. I can't see either vision as a complete blueprint for re-forming my life, and yet the ideas are extremely thought-provoking and powerfully expressed. The original "Dice Man" is a great fantasy. This follow-on, set 20 years later, is a (somewhat) more realistic examination of the implications of dice living. True, it's a bit less fantastic than the original, but if you really found the dice notion interesting, you should read this as well. I enjoyed it, both for its ideas and as a novel.

Great! - 5 stars

Great great great! A truely worthy successor to the 60'ies cult classic: "The Dice Man". Luke uses lots of sarcasm and irony as he places himself in the shoes of his son Larry. He is not being self-righteus and he presents the way of the dice using a great deal of self-irony and he does an extraordinary job displaying his own insignificance. The multiple layers of the book are perfect in context making ideal for close-up reading.I'm Danish - so forgive typing errors. This review reffers to the Danish version of the book.