Re: P.K. Dick

[Gary Kern <gkern@alumni.Princeton.EDU>]

Rebing wrote:
> 
> Thank you, Roberto and Umberto! In fact, I knew nothing aboutPhillip K.
> Dick. According to your brief description he seemed to be a Doppelgaenger
> of Kurt Vonnegut's Kilgore Trout, one of my favourite fiction characters.
> In the meantime I checked the Broward County Public Library, and it turned
> out that they just have one title, WAR GAME, by Dick, included in a
> collection of  science fiction stories on audio cassettes. One of the
> greatest North American writers should deserve better, don't you agree?
> What book of his do you recommend me  to read first? Guenter
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As an American, I am sorry to say that I have not read Philip K. Dick,
even though friends around me are big fans.  I much prefer Borges. 
However, I can remind list members that the film, BLADE RUNNER, was
based on one of his stories, and I believe he had a hand in its
production.  Seen on the big screen, it is texturally one of the great
achievements of cinema.  A real environment, a real "other world" is
created.  I would hope that you could rent a video of the film, in
whatever town you are in.  If you're in the forest, then forget about it
and enjoy nature.

GK