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Turing Church Eret
04/18/09

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I would just like to point out that "Philip" doesn't mean "horse", but actually means "horse lover" all by itself. It comes from "philos", meaning love, and "hippos", meaning horse.
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Grey_Area
04/18/09

@Turing Church Eret: Argh, good point.
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Grey_Area
04/18/09

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PKD also shows up as a character in The recent Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory and in a barely disguised version as a journalist for the radio station KCID in Dr. Adder by K. W. Jeter, one of Dick's proteges.

There might be more appearances but those are the first to come to my mind.
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gorehound
04/18/09

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I have nearly all first edition paperbacks of his before 1969.all 50's ace doubles,etc.

i would for one love to see someone make the man in the high chair as a film.

you may see the hateful comments i make on remakes and calling them YARM but this is just one example why remakes and rebooots suck.

it is easier for the studios to do them rather than make us a new original film.

i have a lot of respect for dick's stories.a lot of them are worth the read.
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Charlie Jane Anders
04/18/09

@gorehound: now i'm very curious to read "the man in the high chair." I picture him throwing his mashed potatoes around. But I suspect this was a typo!
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van_line
04/18/09

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I think the reason for PKD's popularity is that the vast majority of his short stories that he wrote in the 50s,60s and 70s are very good and very timeless.

Also I think because of their length they let screenwriters take a kernal of a great idea and expand on it. A lot of his stories are perfect elevator pitches, meaning they can be described in just a couple of sentences.

I am currently re-reading his shorts and last night I read probably my favorite called "The Hanging Stranger". Normal Joe gets up to go to work and their in the town square, hanging from a lamppost is a body.
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Charlie Jane Anders
04/18/09

@van_line: I read a collected edition of his short stories a few years ago and was struck by how great many of them were. I actually think they're better than his novels. (Sacrilege!)
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Grey_Area
04/18/09

@Charlie Jane Anders: I have to agree. In his short stories there was less chance of him wandering off to Batshitinsylvania. He could pack one helluva punch in less than 20 pages.

I swear, editors just gave up trying to make sense out of his novels and gave him free rein.
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