Comments on: Book Review Digest http://psyriac.com/2007/05/02/book-review-digest/ Noise Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:14:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: prestidigitator http://psyriac.com/2007/05/02/book-review-digest/comment-page-1/#comment-1438 prestidigitator Tue, 08 May 2007 11:53:16 +0000 http://ontheverge.wordpress.com/2007/05/02/book-review-digest/#comment-1438 @Ravenent Yep...Forum. Anyhoo...I just got hold of this entire comependium of ebooks by Dick. I've read a lot of his earlier works...as kid but I have a feeling I'm going to enjoy them a lot more now. Anyhho, didyua know that Time Out of Joint was actually the inspiration for Truman Show? @Ravenent Yep…Forum. Anyhoo…I just got hold of this entire comependium of ebooks by Dick.

I’ve read a lot of his earlier works…as kid but I have a feeling I’m going to enjoy them a lot more now.

Anyhho, didyua know that Time Out of Joint was actually the inspiration for Truman Show?

]]> By: Ravenent http://psyriac.com/2007/05/02/book-review-digest/comment-page-1/#comment-1437 Ravenent Tue, 08 May 2007 04:50:10 +0000 http://ontheverge.wordpress.com/2007/05/02/book-review-digest/#comment-1437 If you've got around to reading obscure Dick novellas (where did you get it from anyway? Forum?), read <b>Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said</b>, a novel that even Linklater talks about in <b>Waking Life</b>. Of course, besides his more famous novels with their big-screen adaptations, one short story that really, <i>really</i> captured my imagination as a kid was <b>Second Variety</b>. Suffice it to say that when I started watching a movie on HBO one day from the middle, within 5 mins. I had pulled out my very first sci-fi compendium and located Dick's story, quite a feat if I say so myself considering I read it almost a decade ago! The movie, however (<b>Screamers</b>) was nowhere as good as the story as it had some major plot changes that I didn't like. Also, the fact that a tightly written short story has its own inherent charms that don't necessarily translate well to a full-length feature film may have affected my judgement. If you’ve got around to reading obscure Dick novellas (where did you get it from anyway? Forum?), read Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said, a novel that even Linklater talks about in Waking Life.

Of course, besides his more famous novels with their big-screen adaptations, one short story that really, really captured my imagination as a kid was Second Variety. Suffice it to say that when I started watching a movie on HBO one day from the middle, within 5 mins. I had pulled out my very first sci-fi compendium and located Dick’s story, quite a feat if I say so myself considering I read it almost a decade ago! The movie, however (Screamers) was nowhere as good as the story as it had some major plot changes that I didn’t like. Also, the fact that a tightly written short story has its own inherent charms that don’t necessarily translate well to a full-length feature film may have affected my judgement.

]]> By: Indisch http://psyriac.com/2007/05/02/book-review-digest/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 Indisch Wed, 02 May 2007 15:30:56 +0000 http://ontheverge.wordpress.com/2007/05/02/book-review-digest/#comment-1436 Hey, it's really good that you are back to reading books full time. Nothing can ever ever replace the joy one feels while reading a book. Not even s**! And hope the Sify guys do take their own time in restoring your connection. ;-) Hey, it’s really good that you are back to reading books full time. Nothing can ever ever replace the joy one feels while reading a book. Not even s**! And hope the Sify guys do take their own time in restoring your connection. ;-)

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