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Philip K Dick!
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Feb 27, 2003
Me.
Is that all you wanted to know? 
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Munchkin Posted Feb 27, 2003
The Man in the High Castle was a very sensible book, don't know what you are getting at.
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Crescent Posted Feb 27, 2003
Read VALIS and you can know about him too....
BCNU - Crescent
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Feb 27, 2003
Better yet, read Michael Bishop's 'Philip K. Dick is daed, Alas!', and see how some others saw him, through a scanner, very darkly...
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Geggs Posted Feb 27, 2003
I still like 'Do Androids Dreams of Electric Sheep?' There's several ideas in there that didn't make the transistion to 'Blade Runner'.
Geggs
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The Researcher formally known as Dr St Justin Posted Feb 27, 2003
Must say, I prefer the short story of Minority Report to the film version. Seems more... coherent 
Can't think how to describe it, but everything in the short story seems to 'fit' much better than the film does.
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Fashion Cat Posted Feb 27, 2003
Gah, another author I have to go look up... Being on h2g2 doesnt make my book wish list any smaller does it?
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Fashion Cat Posted Feb 27, 2003
*Adds it to the growing list* 
One day I'll get around to reading all the books I want to... I just hope there's enough time left!
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Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 Posted Feb 27, 2003
Read everything by Dick.
Incog.
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Narapoia Posted Feb 27, 2003
Yup. I endorse all of hte above accolades and I agree about Minority Report even though I haven't actually seen the film...
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Phil Posted Feb 27, 2003
Reading everything by him could take some time as he was a prolific author.
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Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 Posted Feb 27, 2003
So it's still worth it.
Incog.
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Mycelium Posted Feb 28, 2003
Ubik and A Scanner Darkly are excellent. Oh, and Flow My Tears The Policeman Said and Dr Bloodmoney....... oh heck, read 'em all.
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Feb 28, 2003
FC - I'll put some aside then for your next flying visit? As there are some here going spare, that is...
I'd suggest trying sdome of his non-genre fiction from the fifties/early sixties. Really good - and not going anywhere during the present cull...
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whenever Posted Feb 28, 2003
im surprised no one mentionned the recent amazing film the imposter (another short story like minority report) to which many feel justice was actually done. its great. get it out from vid lib
when
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Hoovooloo Posted Feb 28, 2003
Probably worth mentioning that there are currently FIVE (count 'em) volumes of PKD's short stories (representing, I think, a complete collection) in print in Gollancz paperback in the UK, titled as follows:
Vol 1: "Beyond Lies the Wub"
Vol 2: "Second Variety"
Vol 3: "The Father Thing"
Vol 4: "Minority Report"
Vol 5: "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale"
There's a list, as is usual, at the beginning of vol 1, of full length novels also by PKD. Any Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fans care to guess how many are listed? I'm sure you know the Answer. Prolific indeed...
H.
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