Great post Manny - I'm not familiar except by speed-freak repuation, but am intrigued...which was your aim to begin with, so well done.
nobody in particular
· 2 years ago
Have to disagree on Blade Runner. I still find the director's cut very affecting (haven't seen the theatrical version with the voiceover in a long, long time).
OutOfContext
· 2 years ago
I loved Valis. True, there are narrative quirks such as a character named Philip K. Dick, and a familiar-seeming writer named Horselover Fat. The name Philip means "horselover" and fat is dick in German. Also, 'King Felix' has arrived--he pitches for the Mariners. I've read The Divine Invasion as well (what was the name of the kid in that one, again?) but haven't gotten around to The Transmigration. I'm getting ready to read "Radio Free Albemuth". The synopsis on the back says this: In the late 1960's, a paranoid incompetent has schemed his way into the White House and convulsed America in a vicious war against imaginary internal enemies. hmmm...
Manny Maher
· 2 years ago
The kid in The Divine Invasion is Emmanuel (no puns there). Radio Free Albemuth is good, but if you liked Valis and Divine Invasion, you'll love The Transmigration. It includes characters based on Alan Watts and Bishop James Pike, whom apparently was a good friend of Philip K. Dick.
OutOfContext
· 2 years ago
Actually, they called the kid 'Manny' for short, right Manny--just a (very) mild joke. I look forward to Transmigration. I'm a great fan of the lectures of Alan Watts, but I've never heard of Pike. Have to look him up.
tvihkthexb
· 2 years ago
Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! eipyndoszs
Tessa B. Dick
· 1 year ago
As Phil's fifth and last wife, I have tried to write in his style. I hope that I have done it justice in my books.
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True, there are narrative quirks such as a character named Philip K. Dick, and a familiar-seeming writer named Horselover Fat.
The name Philip means "horselover" and fat is dick in German.
Also, 'King Felix' has arrived--he pitches for the Mariners.
I've read The Divine Invasion as well (what was the name of the kid in that one, again?) but haven't gotten around to The Transmigration. I'm getting ready to read "Radio Free Albemuth". The synopsis on the back says this:
In the late 1960's, a paranoid incompetent has schemed his way into the White House and convulsed America in a vicious war against imaginary internal enemies. hmmm...
Radio Free Albemuth is good, but if you liked Valis and Divine Invasion, you'll love The Transmigration. It includes characters based on Alan Watts and Bishop James Pike, whom apparently was a good friend of Philip K. Dick.