tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post2061043179554444243..comments2024-03-28T14:31:08.981-07:00Comments on Total Dick-Head: Otaku #22 and Umberto's BookRagle Gummhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951340313214410331noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-12129509658049365492011-08-17T08:20:47.081-07:002011-08-17T08:20:47.081-07:00Hey, I'm only SIX WEEKS late in thanking you f...Hey, I'm only SIX WEEKS late in thanking you for the link and mention of my novel. THANKS, Gill! I am going to promote it (yet again) mid August, because it's a Finalist in the Global eBook Awards and the FINAL Revised edition will be ready for buying on Amazon by 8.20.2011 So, best you waited to read a 99% error free version ;) AND, here I would like to give a SHOUT OUT to Frank Bertrand who did the copy editing for the revised edition. He did a great job. I encourage all you authors and authors-to-be to support a Dickhead and use his new editing service. *** jami <br /><br />aka ej Morgan, <a href="http://www.AKSbook.com" rel="nofollow"> A Kindred Spirit </a>ZenWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785982974275423144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-84973706618314215302011-07-07T14:42:29.845-07:002011-07-07T14:42:29.845-07:00From "What If Our World Is Their Heaven?"...From "What If Our World Is Their Heaven?", Dick describes one of many outlines for 'The Owl In Daylight': <br /><br />"So what I'll do is I'll create a character based on Beethoven and Faust together. 'Cause Beethoven, I was looking at my Britannica one time and it said Beethoven is the greatest genius the world has ever seen." <br /><br />He goes on to talk about wanting to write about the greatest challenge this genius could face, and overreaching himself in the process, writing notes he couldn't keep up with. I really love his voice in these interviews, it's so trusting of certain truths, which is sweet for someone who poked holes in everything that came his way.Nathaniel K. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865030640753109578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-1741477349165107462011-07-07T13:32:59.024-07:002011-07-07T13:32:59.024-07:00@FCBertrand:
I just cracked open the latest Otaku ...@FCBertrand:<br />I just cracked open the latest Otaku yesterday and will be reading the column on "Do Androids" and "The Magic Flute". I look forward to it. I can only imagine what an experience it must have been to interview Phil.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05277110394433949018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-86198429443720368222011-07-07T10:44:47.661-07:002011-07-07T10:44:47.661-07:00Thanks for the comment, David, as I rarely get any...Thanks for the comment, David, as I rarely get any kind of feedback on what I write about Philip K. Dick. Most of it seems to go through one synapse and out the other. I do think it's very important to pay close critical attention to what PKD actually wrote, not what we wish he had written, or what some "ism" tells us he actually meant to write. The allusions sprinkled throughout his stories and novels are there for a reason, and do help to give us a multi-layered understanding of what it's about.FCBertrandJrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176510466289100595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-64275909324366451042011-07-07T09:18:44.682-07:002011-07-07T09:18:44.682-07:00Are you referring to WFMT's 13 Days that Chang...Are you referring to WFMT's <a href="http://www.prx.org/station_accounts/2131-wfmt" rel="nofollow">13 Days that Changed Music Forever Series</a> narrated by Suzanne Vega?Aharoniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05022525754530676948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-52895160577359385532011-07-07T06:54:23.010-07:002011-07-07T06:54:23.010-07:00David, I just wanted to take a moment to thank you...David, I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your hard work on this blog. It is a highlight of my week to check in and stoke the flames!Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05277110394433949018noreply@blogger.com