PKD: American Prophet
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_Maksutov
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PKD: American Prophet
"God" is the original deus ex machina. --Maksutov
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_Dr. Shades
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Re: PKD: American Prophet
TL;DR. Will you please summarize what it says?
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
--Louis Midgley
--Louis Midgley
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_Res Ipsa
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Re: PKD: American Prophet
Read. Or do not read. There is no TL;DR
I ended up watching the documentary linked in the comments. Interesting guy.
I ended up watching the documentary linked in the comments. Interesting guy.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
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_ludwigm
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Re: PKD: American Prophet
I know the guy by his scifi works only.
I like his books; there are a lot of philosophic thought --- some of them wasn't utilized enough.
- Minority Report
- We Can Build You
- Imposter
- Second Variety (last but not least...)
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At first minute, I would have listed "Pilgrimage to Earth" --- but it is of Robert Sheckley. Same style story, by the way. Read it here! -
I like his books; there are a lot of philosophic thought --- some of them wasn't utilized enough.
- Minority Report
- We Can Build You
- Imposter
- Second Variety (last but not least...)
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.
At first minute, I would have listed "Pilgrimage to Earth" --- but it is of Robert Sheckley. Same style story, by the way. Read it here! -
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco
- To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
- To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
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_Maksutov
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Re: PKD: American Prophet
Dr. Shades wrote:TL;DR. Will you please summarize what it says?
Philip K. Dick was a psychotic science fiction writer who had experiences he interpreted as contact with intergalactic intelligences. He had hallucinations which he interpreted as visions and/or temporal displacements that put him into the early Christian era. He also produced a body of fascinating and disturbing fiction that is probably more popular now than in his lifetime.
Blade Runner, Minority Report and Total Recall are the most noted of his novels that have been turned into film.
"God" is the original deus ex machina. --Maksutov