Philip K. Dick Interview

[forfaka]

when you know too much you suffer.

[PhotonDrive]

Dick expanded the Van Vogh tradition. By showing that what we thought was our "self", was not really our "self". His best plots, like Total Recall keep a multilevel ambiguity of mental realities going to reveal the vast gap between limited (usually police) mind and the infinite possibilities beyond the shattered self-image. The humor stems from this ironic take on fenced realities. He and Casteneda were hand in hand in two related, but different Gendres.

[unbornanddeathless]

absolutely

[telipinudharma]

My favourite sci fi writer is Philip K Dick. I read lovely his much sci fi novels. He is the one of best sci fi writers.

[Almuric7]

Philip K. Dick is the best Science Fiction writer for me along with jack Williamson and Henry Kuttner and Stanislaw Lem and Octavia Butler he writes with the mind first - very Kafka. He's not the best writer technically but he has washing levels of emotion and feeling in his stories just the same.

[wdchrismon]

Wasn't he a paranoid schizophrenic? Not that that would disqualify him the Top 10 Best Writers Ever list. But I"m pretty sure that bit about his house getting sacked is partially false.

[highspeedeye]

it is somehow important to you that the sacking of his house be classified as "true" or "false"? i wonder if this points up some deficit in the way your mind processes information.

[wdchrismon]

What are you talking about? The only deficit here is in your writing proficiency.

[BrokenSprocket]

@wdchrismon Actually, his house was investigated by the federal government.  There's been some paperwork and information they kept on him released to the public.

[lessmy]

He was a genius and his life was very sad.

[sacredthornapple]

Phillip K. Dick is (not was) the greatest writer in all of history.

[greyxwolf]

no not our government they would never lie,they would never hurt another,they would never steal,cheat ,falsify

anything,the leaders never was in cults kissing human skulls(skull & bones),marking another for speaking the truth freedom speech huh,they never misplaced or lost money, rigged a election miscounted votes,never did a president give a one finger victory salute.....i could go but i guess i am just dreaming....

[reaperhatch86]

I know... but is only getting mad going to help you or anyone else? maybe a little more descriptive observations are in order?