Certainly a short read, I find amazing on how Philip K. Dick influenced a few movie adaptations of wide impact and entertainment value. Certainly a prolific author with genuine novel idea for his time. As per this short story, do not expect the theme of the "Adjustment Bureau" however - this short novel is really an extremely brief introduction of the notion of "adjustment" and fall short of any developed intrigue. Its format fits best a Twilight Zone like 30 mnts. I would have given two stars but ended to give three for its impact and generator of inspirational later work. I liked this more than Ubik. It's much shorter. This is the story that the movie "The Adjustment Bureau" is based on. I liked that movie so I thought I should read the story that inspired it.There's much less of a story here since it is only a short story. The gist is the same: There's a secretive organization that stops everything in the world to change little details to make sure it all goes as it's supposed to go. I liked the tone and of course the idea is really interesting. Where it fails is that it's extremely short and there's really no explanation for why the frozen world is described the way it is. Let's just say it's not simply frozen. This seems more like an outline for a story than an actual story. So that's why I'm only giving it three stars.
The movie took this (very) short story and both expanded it and made it much better, in my opinion.
—Angelsamb
Brilliant short story but was disappointed by the ending.
—troop864rocks
What can I say? A brilliant story. I love PKD.
—Yuzu09
meh.
—ses246
