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Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Crystal Crypt. Feb 09, Bill Kerwin rated it really liked it Shelves: science-fiction , short-stories , fiction , 20th-c-amer. The story takes place before the beginning of a war between Earth and Mars. The last Terran ship is preparing to leave the orbit of the Red Planet when it is forced to land at the final checkpoint: the Martians, having just learn that one of their cities have been destroyed, is looking for three saboteurs, and they insist on subjecting the passengers to a lie detector a voice analyzer, a large metal box.

The passengers are cleared, and the ship departs. But it is also an entertaining and surprising story which I would recommend to any science fiction reader. Jan 01, Jamie rated it liked it. Human saboteurs destroy a Martian city and barely make an escape.

Or did they? Like so many PKD stories, there's a small, yet critically important development mid-way through the story that turns everything around. Jan 03, Skyler Myers rated it really liked it Recommends it for: People interested in good but simple sci-fi.

Shelves: sci-fi , fiction. Dick book I ever read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Since the book is short I will avoid giving away much of the plot as not to spoil anything. Even though the book is short, the author is still able to craft a rich sci-fi world, but I would have liked some more depth rather than the little hints and teasers that we are provided with. We are told that there is a civilization on Mars that seems to be distinct from Earthly civilization called Terra , but at the same time the Martians still seem to be humans, or at least closely related to humans, but with their own unique culture and dialect.

I at first thought that they were the offspring of early Earth settlers, but it seems that they have an entire ancient history to themselves, plus it is hinted at that there are other separate civilizations within the solar system. As you can see, you are given a rough outline and are left to fill in the blanks yourself. More creative minds may enjoy the book even more. The Martians and their civilization remind me of the Combine from Half-Life 2, as they are quite mysterious and always dressed in black clothing. The story remains interesting throughout and there was never a dull or boring moment to be found.

There is a nice build up to the end where we are left with a slight twist that leaves the story embedded in your memory. Overall it is a very good book with a world so well crafted that I wish we could see more of it. Jun 16, Raeden Zen rated it really liked it. How Mars has civilization at all is not explained.

The tension builds from the start; who destroyed the city?

How did they do it? Why did they do it? I'll be glad to spin you a story. And I'm sure it will be interesting enough to keep you awake May 17, P.

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The short stories are among the finest by the standard of their author, though, this stern entry-level edition is severely lacking. This issue comes out as a mere printing of the texts, bound together by a cheap pixelated cover, no summary that I remember of.

This is the closest you can get to shameless, botchy self-publishing at its worst. Not the best introduction by any means to the lush universes of Philip K. View 2 comments. Nov 13, Gary rated it it was ok. What if the problem with science fiction is that it is not formulaic enough so that readers know what they will get? Sep 14, Adarsh rated it liked it. It gets only 3 stars because it was pretty much predictable all the way.

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But, we have to remember that this book was first published in the 's where twists and turns were defined differently. As Philip K Dick's short stories go, it was a very short one. But, the story was filled with Dick's trademark intelligence.

It narrates the tale of how Mars fights back against Earth's oppression. A very decent way to spend odd minutes. Jul 12, Tristram Shandy rated it liked it Shelves: short-story , science-fiction , classic-american-literature.

Terra is once more in conflict, this time with her neighbour Mars. We are aboard the last passenger spacecraft allowed to leave the Red Planet before the war is likely to break out, but all of a sudden, some Martian Leiters , black-clad officers that not too dimly evoke German Nazis, enter the ship in search of three terrorists, one woman and two men, who are charged with having blown up an entire Martian town.

All passengers are subjected to a polygraph examination but to no avail.

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The Martians leave the ship, baffled and disgruntled I wonder who will re-gruntle them. When the ship has finally set out towards Terra, three passengers tell a young man how they entered a Martian city in the guise of native people, how they carefully planted their devices in different areas of the city and then turned tail and ran … Reading The Crystal Crypt was a rather strange and alienating experience to me in our day when terrorist attacks have cast their shadow over everyday life, and for all the antipathy those Martian Leiters filled me with, I found the trio from Terra even less prepossessing because I could not stop thinking of all the unoffending people living in the city they targeted.

Nov 07, Sara Martin added it. The story opens with the scene of the last flight of Terrans or people from Earth heading out of Mars. The space ship is ordered by Martian air space control to land again. The environment on Mars had become more hostile toward non-Martians and the possibility of war was building up between Mars and Earth. The Martian authorities come on the Inner Flight Ship looking for three specific people who are responsible for eliminating the main city of Mars. The lie detector box does not indicate any of the passengers so the authorities allow the ship to leave.

Would the story have a different ending if the Terrans would not be overconfident of their successful escape from Mars? In this story review, I want to point out aspects in this story that pertain to ecology, social commentary, and theology. Ecology This story seems to have an ecological system centered on commercialism between Mars and Earth. The Martians had both respect and disdain for the business savvy of the Terrans. I will mention more about this a little later in my review.