pcock Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 It wont stop till you stop letting yourself get wound up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 youre right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chenGOD Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 As has already been stated: UBIK Flow My Tears The Policeman Said Man in the High Castle Radio Free Albemuth/Valis/Divine Invasion (I know RFA isn't part of the trilogy, but it provides a great backdrop) A Scanner Darkly Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch To compare Dick to Hubbard is a ludicrous assertation. Yes, he was paranoid, but his writings were all about breaking down the illusory nature of the freedom we have in the world around us. Blade Runner is the only good film adaptation, A Scanner Darkly was competent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokoon Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 how the hell do you find out the author/title of a book you remember reading? » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « i know it was all going on on an island, then towards the end there was a catastrophe or sth, explosion maybe, most of the people died, some went on to live in caves... prolly even not a PKD book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IRARI Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 the man in the high castle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 At your time of posting this thread I was chilling bed with a cup of tea watching "A Scanner Darkly", I have nothing to say but brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 why did you like 'the divine invasion' so much? its been a while since i read it, so its a bit hazy in my memory.. i just remember it leaving me a bit cold have you read r crumbs 'the religious experience of philip k dick'? Yes I have read the comic strip..... there is a collection of them about different genius', i.e. Tesla, Poe, Crowley, Kafka, Burroughs... cool comic book indeed, but can't remember its title... and I love 'The Divine Invasion' because of its subject matter being so close to my heart and my belief systems.... I would have to write an essay to explain how much and why I love this novel.... I don't see much a difference between Dick's insanity and L Ron Hubbard's psychotic ramblings. The only difference is Dick didn't turn his personal theologies into an Mafiaesque New Age cult. The biggest difference is that PKD could write very well and had an amazing imagination while L Ron has neither of these qualities and wanted to make money by lying to people......... agreed. We've had PKD threads before. I'm mixed on the guy. I like him more as an "idea guy" than I like his actual novels. Personally I have a low threshold for paranoid ramblings, misanthropy and misogyny. I also don't consider himself a particularly good writer, in the sense of his command of language and ear for dialogue, etc. I haven't read Valis though. read 'VALIS', if I were to fuck a book it would be this one... I'd recommend 'What If Our World Is Their Heaven?' a book of transcripted interviews from shortly before Dick's death, he talks a lot about his unfinished novel The Owl In Daylight which iirc is very electronic music, about a race of aliens who think in music, and put an implant in a hack hollywood composers head or something- its all about the relationship between sound, colour and maths. He talks a bit about having seen an early screening of Bladerunner and is very impressed. read other people's posts before posting, I posted a link to this book and talked about it in length.... just a suggestion.... but yes 'The Owl in Daylight' would have been incredible! Let us hope the film does him a bit of justice, most of the other films based on his work are unwatchable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Yes I have read the comic strip..... there is a collection of them about different genius', i.e. Tesla, Poe, Crowley, Kafka, Burroughs... cool comic book indeed, but can't remember its title... does crumb do all them? if so this sounds amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkaholic Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 aren't disney working on a film based on a short story of his? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 aren't disney working on a film based on a short story of his? I fucking hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkaholic Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Elves_(film) anybody read this? its philip k dick doing fantasy, not to sure what to make of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 does crumb do all them? if so this sounds amazing. *of that was bugging me also, i just read this delightfully insane piece by terence mkcenna called "i understand philip k dick" http://www.sirbacon.org/dick.htm "How many deluded, or illuminated ecstatics does it take to make a reality?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Food Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I love dick. lol Seriously tho, man in the high castle, do androids dream of electric sheep, dr bloodmoney (or how we got along after the bomb), valis, divine invasion, the three stigmata of palmer eldritch, ubik - all great. For shear amount of great books, PKD is up there personally. I remember reading that Bladerunner was nothing like how he envisioned the book (it was pretty damn different right!?), but he liked the money. I have always disliked the movie and thought the book amazing but whatever. I am probably empirically wrong if that cuts down on the bitching :) some Dick I have not even bothered to finish tho, also not a flow my tears fan for one reason or another.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokoon Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 how the hell do you find out the author/title of a book you remember reading? » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « i know it was all going on on an island, then towards the end there was a catastrophe or sth, explosion maybe, most of the people died, some went on to live in caves... prolly even not a PKD book anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Key Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 why did you like 'the divine invasion' so much? its been a while since i read it, so its a bit hazy in my memory.. i just remember it leaving me a bit cold have you read r crumbs 'the religious experience of philip k dick'? Yes I have read the comic strip..... there is a collection of them about different genius', i.e. Tesla, Poe, Crowley, Kafka, Burroughs... cool comic book indeed, but can't remember its title... and I love 'The Divine Invasion' because of its subject matter being so close to my heart and my belief systems.... I would have to write an essay to explain how much and why I love this novel.... I don't see much a difference between Dick's insanity and L Ron Hubbard's psychotic ramblings. The only difference is Dick didn't turn his personal theologies into an Mafiaesque New Age cult. The biggest difference is that PKD could write very well and had an amazing imagination while L Ron has neither of these qualities and wanted to make money by lying to people......... agreed. We've had PKD threads before. I'm mixed on the guy. I like him more as an "idea guy" than I like his actual novels. Personally I have a low threshold for paranoid ramblings, misanthropy and misogyny. I also don't consider himself a particularly good writer, in the sense of his command of language and ear for dialogue, etc. I haven't read Valis though. read 'VALIS', if I were to fuck a book it would be this one... I'd recommend 'What If Our World Is Their Heaven?' a book of transcripted interviews from shortly before Dick's death, he talks a lot about his unfinished novel The Owl In Daylight which iirc is very electronic music, about a race of aliens who think in music, and put an implant in a hack hollywood composers head or something- its all about the relationship between sound, colour and maths. He talks a bit about having seen an early screening of Bladerunner and is very impressed. read other people's posts before posting, I posted a link to this book and talked about it in length.... just a suggestion.... but yes 'The Owl in Daylight' would have been incredible! Let us hope the film does him a bit of justice, most of the other films based on his work are unwatchable... nah I don't like reading other peoples posts, theyre usually too full of suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdust Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Ive read Do androids dream of electric sheep Scanner darkly And one what i cant find or remember the title, but i remember it had Abe Lincon as a robot and possibly another former president, i just remember it being an odd read. As for the film adaptions ive seen a few, Blade runner and Scanner darkly being the best and Next and Pay check being the worst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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