tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post1255375226343420754..comments2024-03-28T22:32:39.500-07:00Comments on Total Dick-Head: Things and Stuff About Amazon and an Article About PKD's WritingRagle Gummhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951340313214410331noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-16947181682985623302022-06-13T21:57:43.179-07:002022-06-13T21:57:43.179-07:00I think these covers are uninspired and boring. It...I think these covers are uninspired and boring. It feels like a literary critic push to get the book down commercially, so that it will not get read.<br /><br />Bring back the illustrations. This new modernist trend feels droll and lifeless.Hostilefunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15688725805608455741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-74449779035231246522011-09-01T12:23:36.180-07:002011-09-01T12:23:36.180-07:00I love these covers... the Vintage Covers are too ...I love these covers... the Vintage Covers are too busy and look like the decade they came from (the 90's) .. These covers are timeless to me and while they might not reflect on the story they have a very nice look and will most likely look great on a shelf. <br /><br />Here's a schedule of what they're publishing so far: <br /><br />10/18/11:<br /><br />VALIS<br />A Scanner Darkly<br />The Simulacra <br />Lies, Inc.<br />Now Wait for Last Year<br />The Divine Invasion<br />The Transmigration of Timothy Archer<br />The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch<br /><br />11/08/11: <br /><br />The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick<br /><br />01/24/12:<br /><br />The Man in the High Castle<br />The Penultimate Truth<br />The Crack in Space<br /><br />04/17/12: <br />Ubik<br />Ubik: The Screenplay<br />The Crack in Space<br /><br />05/15/12:<br />The Man Who Japed<br />Eye in the Sky<br />The Zap Gun<br /><br />07/17/12:<br />Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said<br />The Cosmic Puppets<br />Gather Yourselves Together (!!!!!!!!!)<br /><br />08/14/12:<br />Solar Lottery<br />We Can Build You<br />The World Jones MadeStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357776526133529696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-13054919427609929552011-09-01T12:23:09.045-07:002011-09-01T12:23:09.045-07:00I love these covers... the Vintage Covers are too ...I love these covers... the Vintage Covers are too busy and look like the decade they came from (the 90's) .. These covers are timeless to me and while they might not reflect on the story they have a very nice look and will most likely look great on a shelf. <br /><br />Here's a schedule of what they're publishing so far: <br /><br />10/18/11:<br /><br />VALIS<br />A Scanner Darkly<br />The Simulacra <br />Lies, Inc.<br />Now Wait for Last Year<br />The Divine Invasion<br />The Transmigration of Timothy Archer<br />The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch<br /><br />11/08/11: <br /><br />The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick<br /><br />01/24/12:<br /><br />The Man in the High Castle<br />The Penultimate Truth<br />The Crack in Space<br /><br />04/17/12: <br />Ubik<br />Ubik: The Screenplay<br />The Crack in Space<br /><br />05/15/12:<br />The Man Who Japed<br />Eye in the Sky<br />The Zap Gun<br /><br />07/17/12:<br />Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said<br />The Cosmic Puppets<br />Gather Yourselves Together (!!!!!!!!!)<br /><br />08/14/12:<br />Solar Lottery<br />We Can Build You<br />The World Jones MadeStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357776526133529696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-65299763178900756702011-07-06T09:20:38.649-07:002011-07-06T09:20:38.649-07:00I noticed there are little variations in the title...I noticed there are little variations in the title card areas of most, but not all, of the covers. Nice little touch.Nathaniel K. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865030640753109578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-17813228834636285412011-07-01T19:41:38.631-07:002011-07-01T19:41:38.631-07:00@Robert Cook: I have read and re-read the selectio...@Robert Cook: I have read and re-read the selections, and will undoubtedly do the same with this new publication (though it will certainly take longer). It is tedious at times, and again, this one I'm sure will be more-so, but the "meat" of PKD's philosophical journey is a very real and important thing to me. So yes, someone is interested!Nathaniel K. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865030640753109578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-78388083946872058792011-07-01T14:23:08.748-07:002011-07-01T14:23:08.748-07:00The Mariner covers--based on these two--are bad. S...The Mariner covers--based on these two--are bad. Someone with Photoshop slapping together dull typography with hacked out computer graphics. They look like what one would see on a budget line of books.<br /><br />Are they? (A budget line?)<br /><br />As for the Exegesis....hmmm. I might--<i>might</i>--buy it...just to have it on my bookshelf as part of my PKD library, as I did with Lawrence Sutin's previous EXCERPTS FROM THE EXEGESIS, but...is anyone actually interested in slogging through it?Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-55075628347253637922011-07-01T10:23:07.110-07:002011-07-01T10:23:07.110-07:00These Mariner books look fantastic! They're de...These Mariner books look fantastic! They're definitely a step-up from the Vintage covers... I hope they print more though. I've only read about four PKD novels so far, and I'd love to get the rest through this publisher.Joshnoreply@blogger.com