What am I in for?

[Anonymous No.22748486]

I haven't seen Blade Runner

[Anonymous No.22748806]

dust

[Anonymous No.22748994]

>>22748486
Like most Dick, starts strong, ends weak
Though PKD loved the movie (just before he died) it's essentially a different enterprise

[Anonymous No.22749063]

>>22748486
its about consciousness

[Anonymous No.22749172]

>>22748486
Watch the penultimate cut first, and then read the book.

I liked it a lot, the book felt like a directors cut of the movie. It's my favorite PKD book and actually set a bad example for me with PKD because every other long novel he writes is fucking trash* and he ends the story by fucking it up on purpose and going "it was all a dream! Hahahaha" or some ass-pull shit.

Anyways, yeah it's good, definitely a must read in the cyberpunk genre and I'd still say go read more PKD like Ubik and just crack open a few volumes of his short story collections (all his short stories are good, PKD has drug induced brain rot and when he writes past 100 pages he goes insane).

[Anonymous No.22749388]

>>22748486
Pluto

[Anonymous No.22750631]

/// There's a reason the pang of loneliness hurts so much /// Incomprehensibly twisting lanes of swarming tenements stood cheek by jowl beside the villas of the rich /// Financial institutions are still reeling from the blow /// I was nervous, but seeing her allayed my fears /// Their family business is a rinky-dink operation /// I don't understand this form - it's all couched in legal terminology /// These countries are on the brink of cataclysmic famine /// The government has turned a minor local problem into a full-blown regional conflagration /// There's a famous statue by Rodin, which shows the soul of a young woman striving to break free of the flesh of an old crone /// He gathered up the twigs and cast them into the fire /// Educational reform was one of the main planks of their election campaign /// He looked unusually chipper this morning /// The president's trip had all the trappings of a state visit /// He gets astonishing levels of media attention and that is a cross the young player has to bear /// His avuncular image belies his steely determination /// After a sudden burst of activity, the team lapsed back into indolence /// Such controversies have waxed and waned but continue to this day /// International support has given rise to a new optimism in the company /// Further analysis showed the absence of pathogenic bacteria /// The septuagenarian brothers are still heavily involved in the running of the business and they have no desire to relinquish control /// Later on, she would prevail on somebody else to chauffeur her home /// Was the newspaper report bylined or was it anonymous? /// A proper and contrite apology is needed /// This is daytime television at its most anodyne /// He hurriedly had several wooden castles built on mountains and in dales /// Her behaviour towards her employees is completely beyond the pale /// The chips, fried in dripping, were better than the cemented fish they accompanied /// Only a complete nincompoop would believe a story like that /// What exactly are you driving at with a critical statement like that? If you have a problem with my work, just tell me /// The massive drug profits are used to finance operations and suborn officials /// At the turn of the century, the United States embarked on the project of building a canal across the isthmus of Panama, hoping to carve a faster transcontinental shipping route and to cement the United States’ strategic dominance in the region /// Upon reflection, I decided her arguments didn't hold water /// I was driven for some half mile ere we stopped /// Her eyes twinkled with excitement /// There are ten points allocated to every question /// And the boot does feature a spinning spur charm attached to the backstrap of the shoe /// Winter melon, despite its name (white fuzz coats the mature gourd), is refreshing to eat when it's hot outside ///

[Anonymous No.22750647]

>>22748994
>Like most Dick, starts strong, ends weak
Think you got that backwards son

[Anonymous No.22750662]

>>22748486
Not science fiction. PKD just uses scifi as a vehicle for his ideas which are usually exploring what constitutes reality, identity, authenticity or other nebulous and spiritual concepts. His books after becoming a street freak and having religious revelations are his best.

[Anonymous No.22750665]

Dude really wants an animal

[Anonymous No.22750669]

Always check frogs for batteries

[Anonymous No.22750710]

>>22748486
>What am I in for?
Torturing spiders and awful talk shows.

[Anonymous No.22750767]

>>22748486
would people cry about statutory rape if it was published today?
it's a good book and has barely anything to do with the movie, which has a worse story by far and an aesthetic and atmosphere so good they're enough to compensate for the story and then some

[Anonymous No.22750771]

>>22748486
Novel featuring p zombies that's about how much you might feel bad about Christ during his Passion

[Anonymous No.22750772]

>>22750662
Those are his worst books. I wish he never tried drugs, what a waste of a person. Utter fucking schizoid too if you watch his interviews, "the cops are watching me man!" yeah cause you are tweaking the fuck out.

[Anonymous No.22750787]

>>22750772
>He doesn't like VALIS or Scanner Darkly
You don't even like PKD then

[Anonymous No.22750922]

>>22750787
I do like PKD, I haven't read Scanner yet but I DNF'd Valis at chapter 3. It was so rambly and useless. His short stories are his best work.

[Anonymous No.22750937]

>>22750922
you're retarded

[Anonymous No.22750942]

>>22748994
Yeah no. The ending is one of the most memorable parts. The bit where "Jesus" appears on the stairs to warn him that hes in danger is kino.

[Anonymous No.22750943]

>>22750922
You're missing out by not finishing the Valis trilogy.

[Anonymous No.22750950]

who got a black friday deal on the pkd library of america boxset?

[Anonymous No.22751040]

>>22750943
Am I? I just couldn't take him rambling on about his personal life under the veneer of a sci-fi story anymore, and he's said as much in interviews.

Convince me to finish them, I'd like to think PKD isn't a terrible writer but the ending of Ubik and Valis gave me a bad taste that he can only really write short stories.

[Alex turner No.22751498]

What do you mean, you’ve never seen blade runner?

[Anonymous No.22752011]

>>22748994
>didn't read it
Why bother posting about the book?

[Anonymous No.22752169]

>>22751040
He's never wrote scifi. Scifi and the future is completely incidental to his stories. His work has always been about people's inner world not outer space. His prose and settings aren't particularly interesting. If you're not fascinated by a mind trying to reconcile religious revelation and witness its own collapse via fiction I don't know what to tell you. Pulp scifi is not what makes PKD interesting and I have no idea why anyone would read him otherwise.

[Anonymous No.22752304]

>>22750662
>The Man in the High Castle is all about Chinese divination

[Anonymous No.22752400]

>>22748486
You in for some dick

[Anonymous No.22752418]

>>22752169
I am not fascinated by a drug addict schizo tweaking out and it just being PKD's own story of his life as a fucking degenerate, yes.

I am just not easily entertained by drug addicts (other than that guy who flies drones at homeless people) I suppose. It's sort of super cringe, I am half tempted to finish the book just to be certain of my view and can then proudly deplore people who do find it fascinating.

Other than that mark on him, the rest of his stuff is cool.

[Anonymous No.22752446]

>>22748486
The part where he describes Lydia asvl having an adult-like prepubescent body is rather strange.

[Anonymous No.22753634]

>>22752418
Wait until you reach adulthood and confront the (comfortable) realties of addiction or casual drug use. It’s easy to be immune as a child to stresses and triggers of life. From raising a child to multiple miscarriages, every tiny setback wears you down slowly, like grains of sand against a sea-facing cliff. The reasons only get more numerous year into year. Some pretend their prescriptions are not “drugs” or their socially approved habits are likewise not “drugs” but your definition of sobriety and adherence to it goes out the window when personal crisis’ mount up. Addiction takes many forms, like your addiction for approval and the desire to label things out of your reach as degenerate. Suckers like you always end up hitting pain killers and booze while criticizing pot smokers. The gradients are where life takes place.

[Anonymous No.22753731]

>>22752418
>guy who flies drones at homeless people
i have a new calling