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Was pretty good, I like the unreliable narrator and the slips into hallucinations. Is the movie any good? And is any other pkd stuff worth reading?

>> No.10007752

ubik is his best work

>> No.10007807

>>10007702
Weird, just finished this book about an hour ago. Thoroughly enjoyed it, Dick's depiction of druggie conversations was absolutely hilarious, and I loved the way the narrator would daydream mid conversation and snap back, leaving parts to the imagination. Ending was simultaneously sad/poetic and hopeful. All in all a great read. The movie is a very faithful adaptation, with only minor scenes cut to save time, and a few very minor plot changes. Would definitely recommend you watch the film soon.

>> No.10007823

>>10007807
Also, was it ever implied or stated in the book that Donna was Hank like in the movie or was that an artistic liberty taken for the film?

>> No.10007842

>>10007702
I loved the Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch more than Ubik.

>> No.10007854

>>10007823
I don't remember this being in the book (... nor the movie)

>> No.10007857

>>10007854
oh wait no I remember the movie bit. I don't think it was in the book

>> No.10007861

>>10007702
>Is the movie any good?
I loved the movie. It was fucking great
>And is any other pkd stuff worth reading?
VALIS and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? are two of my all time favorite books. I think Electric Sheep is better than Blade Runner to be honest

>> No.10007921

>>10007857
Honestly I liked that addition for the movie, makes sense in the context

>> No.10007926

>>10007861
I'd say read Flow my Tears as well, it's rad

>> No.10007979

Yes and yes.

>> No.10008017

>>10007926
Yeah I planned on it! I got it years ago and it was the book I most wanted to read by Dick but I got sidetracked. I think I'll read it after my current book

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10008029

Movie is awesome, still watch it from time to time. Valis was really good

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>>10007702
>any other pkd stuff worth reading
All of it. ALL OF IT.

>> No.10008100

>>10007861
>Electric Sheep is better than Blade Runner to be honest
I do too, but honestly DADOES is about as thematically far from Blade Runner as Nourse's book is. I have never been able to watch Blade Runner completely.

>> No.10009178

>>10008017
I finished FMT before I read Scanner. I'd say Scanner is the better of the two but they're both such different books that it really is an unfair comparison.

>> No.10009205

>A Philip K Dick thread
>yes
>YES

I finished Electric Sheep two days ago after I was blown away by Ubik, my first Dick novel. I have started Neuromancer yesterday to take a break from PKD and keep that cyberpunk streak going but it's garbage. Neuromancer is at it's core trashy pulp coded in dense techno-babble. Dick juggles world building, theme exploration and story progression all at the same time while Gibson can only do one thing at a time.
Anyway I think I'll drop Neuromancer in the trashbin and start A Scanner Darkly instead. Blogpost over

>> No.10009238

>>10009205
I would finish Neuromancer if I were you. It's been getting more and more flak lately but I'd rank it among my top ten SF any day.

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>realising that I may never read a book as good as Palmer Eldritch or Ubik ever again
F-fuck

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I stopped Ubik and Flow my tears halfway through because I got sick of Dick for a while.
Scanner Darkly is my favorite.

>> No.10009311

>>10007702
THE MOVIE IS SO FUCKING GOOD GO WATCH IT RIGHT NOW

>> No.10009314

>>10009311
>tfw I never even watch movies only anime and books

>> No.10009317

>>10009205
Finish Neuromancer you god damn pleb. Jesus christ what is wrong with people THESE DAYS?

>> No.10009328

>>10009317
To be fair, PKD's books are 200 times more exciting compared to Gibson's.

>> No.10009349

The book was very good and so is the movie. But the movie fails to capture the - as you called it - unreliable narrator. That is because you can't really depict it in a movie, I think. Watching and reading this made me really appreciate different forms of story telling.

>> No.10009544

>>10007702
All of it tbqh
I've never been terribly disappointed by a PKD with maybe the exception of The Cosmic Puppets, but that was what his second published work? No one bats 1.000 and I liked The Solar Lottery so. Try The Man in the High Castle next.

Anyway, the movie is great, personal top 20 for me.

>> No.10009701

>>10009328
If you somehow think that cyber augmented street samurai and drug addicted neuro-fried computer hackers are boring you might actually be retarded

>> No.10009727

Just bought the divine invasion
What am I in for

>> No.10009742

>>10009701
I read Gibson's books during my edgy teenager years and later disliked them.

>> No.10009992

>>10009701
So quirky. Also so badly written.