Guest Z_B_Z Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 ok, i assume there are fans on this board. ive read 'the divine invasion' and 'valis'. wasnt too keen on 'divine invasion' but 'valis' absolutely blew me away. such a bizarre and fascinating book. has anyone read it? id really like to read more of his stuff and am thinking of picking up 'ubik'. whats generally considered to be dicks best book? i read this fantastic bio of him called 'i am alive and you are dead'. really great book and anyone interested in his work should check it out. also, this bbc arena documentary is absolutely fantastic. ive seen it a couple of times Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest assegai Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 (edited) blade runner is fucking fantastic I really liked a scanner darkly the rest were meh haven't read a book of his tho, it's on the to-do list edit: last post Edited February 4, 2009 by assegai Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 i forgot about a scanner darkly. the movie was pretty cool, but ill bet the book is better.. id love to see a film version of valis. im not sure how youd do it tho.. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I'll make it one day..... and 'The Divine Invasion' is one of my most favourite books ever.... but you are correct, 'VALIS' is his best work, as much as I know, haven't read nearly all of his novels or short stories, but I have feeling that if I did, 'VALIS' would still hold its own as one of the greatest novels ever written... some folk are making a biopic with Paul Giamatti as PKD, based on his last story idea and his life..... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0840404/ based on this book: http://www.amazon.com/World-Their-Heaven-C.../ref=pd_sim_b_1 which is a collection of his last interviews.... 'The Owl in Daylight' would have been an incredible story... Died too early.... An incredible human this man was, is and will always be......... Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 (edited) why did you like 'the divine invasion' so much? its been a while since i read it, so its a bit hazy in my memory.. i just remember it leaving me a bit cold paul giamatti as philip k dick might be interesting.. ive read that book of interviews. i remember buying it because i thought the title was really cool.. but i dont remember a thing from it. time for a reread.. have you read r crumbs 'the religious experience of philip k dick'? Edited February 4, 2009 by Z_B_Z Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcinsu Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 genius Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokoon Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 i read a few of his books and i consider him one of my favorite SF writers, if not the favorite. it's been many years since i read a book of his, but i remember Ubik and The Man in the High Castle were both really great. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest my usernames always really suck Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I don't see much a difference between Dick's insanity and L Ron Hubbard's psychotic ramblings. The only difference is Dick didn't turn his personal theologies into an Mafiaesque New Age cult. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 my usernames always really suck said: I don't see much a difference between Dick's insanity and L Ron Hubbard's psychotic ramblings. The only difference is Dick didn't turn his personal theologies into an Mafiaesque New Age cult. agreed. We've had PKD threads before. I'm mixed on the guy. I like him more as an "idea guy" than I like his actual novels. Personally I have a low threshold for paranoid ramblings, misanthropy and misogyny. I also don't consider himself a particularly good writer, in the sense of his command of language and ear for dialogue, etc. I haven't read Valis though. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide lumpenprol's signature Hide all signatures After this I listened to geogaddi and I didn't like it, I was quite vomitting at some tracks, I realized they were too crazy for my ears, they took too much acid to play music I stupidly thought (cliché of psyché music) But I knew this album was a kind of big forest where I just wasn't able to go inside. - lost cloud I was in US tjis summer, and eat in KFC. FUCK That's the worst thing i've ever eaten. The flesh simply doesn't cleave to the bones. Battery ferming. And then, foie gras is banned from NY state, because it's considered as ill-treat. IT'S NOT. KFC is tourist ill-treat. YOU POISONERS! Two hours after being to KFC, i stopped in a amsih little town barf all that KFC shit out. Nice work! So i hope this woman is not like kfc chicken, otherwise she'll be pulled to pieces. -organized confused project Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 my usernames always really suck said: I don't see much a difference between Dick's insanity and L Ron Hubbard's psychotic ramblings. The only difference is Dick didn't turn his personal theologies into an Mafiaesque New Age cult. dicks a gnostic, while hubbards a sci-fi opportunist. plus, dicks stuff is only sci-fi on the surface... Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snowpepsi Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 The whole "movie" part of Valis is actually another Dick story called Radio Free Albemuth (I think it remained unavailable for a while) and I read a while ago that some small film company was making THAT into a movie Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 (edited) id say the best film adaptations of pkds work have been 'blade runner' and 'total recall'. 'a scanner darkly' was good but i had no desire to watch it more than once... this is based solely on how good the films are, as i havent read the books they were adapted from... Edited February 4, 2009 by Z_B_Z Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Key Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I'd recommend 'What If Our World Is Their Heaven?' a book of transcripted interviews from shortly before Dick's death, he talks a lot about his unfinished novel The Owl In Daylight which iirc is very electronic music, about a race of aliens who think in music, and put an implant in a hack hollywood composers head or something- its all about the relationship between sound, colour and maths. He talks a bit about having seen an early screening of Bladerunner and is very impressed. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Key's signature Hide all signatures . Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaen Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 flow my tears, the policeman said very good. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide kaen's signature Hide all signatures trumps toe fungus Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 The style that Ridley Scott is best at is obviously scifi. He should just stick to that genre. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Braintree's signature Hide all signatures colindyer.bandcamp.com williamsbraintree.bandcamp.com Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 (edited) The CIA said: He talks a bit about having seen an early screening of Bladerunner and is very impressed. yeah, i recall reading that. i think he said something like it was just how he pictured it in his head.. although in that doc i linked above they mentioned he apparently was not happy at all with how the decker character was turning out ... owl in the daylight sounds like it would have been amazing. what a fascinating premise Edited February 4, 2009 by Z_B_Z Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest naos Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 (edited) Z_B_Z said: ok, i assume there are fans on this board. ive read 'the divine invasion' and 'valis'. wasnt too keen on 'divine invasion' but 'valis' absolutely blew me away. such a bizarre and fascinating book. has anyone read it? id really like to read more of his stuff and am thinking of picking up 'ubik'. whats generally considered to be dicks best book? i read this fantastic bio of him called 'i am alive and you are dead'. really great book and anyone interested in his work should check it out. also, this bbc arena documentary is absolutely fantastic. ive seen it a couple of times be shure you don't miss Flow my tears the policeman said and Blade Runner.. Edited February 4, 2009 by naos Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tidbit Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 yes, i also like these obvious threads too Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 cool, thanks for the smug contribution. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tidbit Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 yes, thanks for all these threads.. they are nice and fine also dark Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
klanty Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I know they're making a version of Radio Free Albemuth but I read somewhere that the movie sections of VALIS was based on his own tripped out reading of that Bowie film, the man who fell to earth. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 (edited) awesome. once again, im glad you decided to contribute. @tidbit Edited February 4, 2009 by Z_B_Z Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkaholic Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 ubik is fantastic man in the high castle eye in the sky (falls apart towards the end though) intergalactic pot healer Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tidbit Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 top3 contributers of internet 1. zbz 2. 3. joyrex 4. weed Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 jesus christ, im so fucking bored of arguing with people. go fuck off out of this thread. no one made you open it. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42309-philip-k-dick/#findComment-941554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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