A Scanner Darkly #[nn]

Four anxious faces peer through the slats of venetian blinds, bathed in an eerie amber glow against a cool, shadowy background — it's a cover image that immediately communicates paranoia and surveillance at their most intimate. This 2006 Pantheon graphic novel adapts Philip K. Dick's harrowing sci-fi story as written for the screen and directed by Richard Linklater, with art by Laura and Gary Dumm that captures the unsettling tension of people watching, and being watched. If you're drawn to stories about identity, addiction, and the blurring line between observer and observed, this is a compelling place to start.