A review by itsmelaurenc
Total Recall by Philip K. Dick

funny fast-paced

3.0

Leaving this for my reference later since I’m binging all Dick’s short stories:

This dude is living a super boring life so he goes to a place where they can implant memories, which is cheaper than paying for trips. He has a strong draw to Mars so he pays them to implant those memories. They decide on making him a secret agent that was sent there on a job so the memories would have enough depth that they would feel real. Turns out tho that actually happened so when they tried to implant the memories they actually un-erased the old ones. He’s like the best agent ever so when the government brings him in he’s at a standoff with them. They offer to fix his memories one last time as a peace offering but it ends with him still remembering what happened when he was a secret agent on Mars.