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Thoughts on this guy? Favorite novels/stories?

>> No.5457954

Great writer, to me defined 60's Sci-fi. Favorite story would be Ubik.

>> No.5458519
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5458519

he was a robot.

they sent him out on a promotional tour, once, and somebody stole his head. true story!

>> No.5458529

>>5458519
That's like something from a Phillip K. Dick story.

>> No.5458630
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5458630

Actually, it's from a Warren Ellis story. And the truth. Kind of.

>> No.5458633

>>5457941
A Scanner Darkly for life

>> No.5458842 [DELETED] 

kek

>> No.5458853

>>5458842
Every post of yours I've seen so far has been of the utmost quality. You should get rid of that name before people start to recognize you.

>> No.5459312

>>5457941
My favorite sci-fi writer currently. My favorites of his: The three stigmatas of Palmer Eldritch, Clans of the Alphane Moon, Ubik

>> No.5459378

Again with the what's your favorite book thread

>yaaay mission accomplished I decided what my FAVORITIST book is today and not only that, I communicated it anonymously to other anonymous users on an image sharing internet site board

somebody pls explain to me the point of discussing 'favorites'. It's as pleb as it gets

>A Scanner Darkly for life

see that? somebody posted that, didn't say anything about the book, not one word about why he likes it or what it means to him, just the title and 'for life,' implying that he has some lifetime contract with that book that can never be broken, like a fucking tattoo. The guy's probably got "Scanner Darkly" tattooed on his ankle and that's why it's 'for life.' Do you see what you morons are doing? You're not having discussions you're just trading names and being boring.

>> No.5459387

>>5459378
Tuff stuff, buff muff

>> No.5459429

>>5459378
good post I read it :^)

>> No.5459859

>>5459378
da best yo

>> No.5459892

>>5459378
this is my favourite post of all time. gonna get this post tattoed on my ass checks

>> No.5461256

>>5459378
Somebody please explain to me the point of complaining on an anonymous image board. It's as autistic as it gets.

>complains about an issue but doesn't try to fix it by adding to the conversation

I would say this is bait, but you sound too serious. Good post.

>> No.5461784

>>5457941
I think his ideas and stories are great and I really love them, but the execution... not exactly that word. The way he writes - he seems to completely ignore the postulate 'show, don't tell'. His books are incredibly fast paced and scenes are very short and sketchy.
This my only criticism of him. I wish his books were at least hundred pages longer and scenes were beter developed.
But despite that I still think of him as my favorite Sci-Fi author. And I am very like-minded to him. I read some interview with him, he even behaves like I do and expresses Ideas really close tome, though I'm too hesitant to talk about them as serious as he did. I mean, even if I believe in similar things and have similar worldview, it's still kind of hard to admit it to myself, because they're a bit extreme.