Philip K Dick short stories, Volume 4
Always brilliant.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:16, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I've heard you're a huge fan of Dick.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:18, Reply)

*snigger*

( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:18, Reply)

Philip K, of course, I love his lexical discharge
Meaty bangstick, not a chance.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:22, Reply)

I like his stories
Not the way he writes, though.

His are the only books that I think are better told as a film.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:33, Reply)

Try John Brunner.
His fiction will really twist your brain.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:35, Reply)

Better Stanislaw Lem
Star Diaries is impressive. You never know exactly what's going on.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:37, Reply)

I get enough of that IRL.

( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:38, Reply)

I know what you mean
but i really like the plain, down to earth way he conducts his stories. No frippery or convolutions. The idea's he can have in just one short story, can easily eclipse another writers entire output.

I really liked Blade Runner, then I read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and was blown away by it. The whole story revolved around Dekkard wanting to own a pet, a sheep, a robot one of course as real ones were impossible to get a hold of. The dreariness of it all was superb.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 11:01, Reply)

Some of his short stories are really weird
like the Golden Man
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 11:12, Reply)

That is true
The book gives so much importance to animals and how humans need and want them. The whole story starts and moves because of this.

I read the book first and then watched the film, and during the begining I thought they had really nothing to do with each other.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 21 Apr 2010, 11:22, Reply)