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19829347 No.19829347 [Reply] [Original]

Lets discuss the semenal works of Dick

>> No.19829360

No.

>> No.19829377

>>19829360
Why

>> No.19829391
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19829391

Ubik made me schizophrenic

>> No.19829460

French K.Dick: Philippe K.Ket.

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The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch made me schizophrenic

>> No.19829493

>>19829347
My favorite (apart from Ubik of course) is actually A Maze of Death

>> No.19829497

>>19829347
Ripped off Wagner.

>> No.19829501

>>19829497
How so

>> No.19829509

>>19829347
Seminal PKD? Time for some in-depth discussion of The Zap Gun!

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>>19829501
He was an uberwagnerian and had his schizo breakdown after listening to Parsifal. Many of the themes and events in Wagner's operas find their way into his books.

He didn't actually 'rip off' Wagner though.

>> No.19829600

>>19829518
He does write in german a lot desu

>> No.19829610

>>19829391
>>19829483
>>19829518
relatable, listening to Parsifal now.

>> No.19829621

>>19829391
Haven't read any scifi for years, and I'm generally not a fan of the genre, but recently ordered Ubik. What am I in for?

>> No.19829664

>>19829621
its weird as fuck. kind of make me nauseous when i think about it.

>> No.19829689

Noooo all the black people are dead! America killed all of them, I'm so sad guys. Hug a black person.

>> No.19829693

I'm a big Dick enthusiast myself.

>> No.19829774

>>19829693
I had a lot of Dick, but i was so voracious about it that I got burnt out. Been on a break from Dick since