tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post5625314339322897869..comments2024-03-28T22:32:39.500-07:00Comments on Total Dick-Head: Erik Davis on PKDRagle Gummhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951340313214410331noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-65850546148908314342009-02-19T22:12:00.000-08:002009-02-19T22:12:00.000-08:00At one time or another, I do not have the LOTRO G...At one time or another, I do not have the <A HREF="http://www.mmodo.com/product/Lord_of_The_Ring_Online_Gold.html" REL="nofollow"> LOTRO Gold </A>; I did not want to buy it. At the first time, I am not willing to buy <A HREF="http://www.mmodo.com/product/Lord_of_The_Ring_Online_Gold.html" REL="nofollow"> Lord Of The Rings Gold </A>. But I do not wonder I buy the <A HREF="http://www.mmodo.com/product/Lord_of_The_Ring_Online_Gold.html" REL="nofollow"> cheap Lord Of The Rings Gold </A>, my friend thinks that I am ill. But when I have it, it carries the magic from such a group, such a link in the world; it is the key bring you to this world. But <A HREF="http://www.mmodo.com/product/Lord_of_The_Ring_Online_Gold.html" REL="nofollow"> buy LOTRO Gold </A> is the best desire that I make.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-11032899850587041192008-02-27T22:52:00.000-08:002008-02-27T22:52:00.000-08:00Davis is a really entertaining prose stylist, if a...Davis is a really entertaining prose stylist, if a bit over the top, and a real nice guy, but I'm afraid he misunderstands Dick a bit in spinning him that way. I dig the breathless enthusiasm of heady 80s cyberpunk and the whole "reality breakdown" trip, but it's a cult that PKD never meant to inspire. His religious speculations are of great interest to postmodernists, but they're rooted in christian neoplatonism and especially the phenomenology of Plotinus. Dick was a hardcore philosopher, not simply an analogy to the intellectual interests of the ideal Mondo/Wired subscriber.Mr. Handhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00308380761257083577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-28714683605952841472008-02-25T16:39:00.000-08:002008-02-25T16:39:00.000-08:00Cal, "Irv" is a term Lethem came up with:"I'd read...Cal, <BR/>"Irv" is a term Lethem came up with:<BR/><BR/>"I'd read maybe a dozen of Dick's novels before I encountered the word oeuvre—and maybe forty before I dared use it in a sentence. Dick visited France ("I had the interesting experience of being famous") in 1974 and there possibly heard the word applied to his work. By that time his generous irony had mostly covered over his raw sense of rejection by the literary establishment ("The only non-SF writer who ever treated me with courtesy was Herbert Gold, who I met at a literary party in San Francisco") and he might have enjoyed the use of the word but likely wouldn't have identified much. I'd like to propose an alternative term, irv. We'll speak of Dick's irv."<BR/><BR/>From <A HREF="http://www.bookforum.com/archive/sum_02/lethem.html" REL="nofollow">You Don't Know Dick</A>Ragle Gummhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951340313214410331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-76558546584979466142008-02-25T16:33:00.000-08:002008-02-25T16:33:00.000-08:00Davis shows what's possible when you let someone w...<I>Davis shows what's possible when you let someone who knows Dick's irv...</I><BR/><BR/>By "irv" do you perhaps mean "oeuvre?"<BR/><BR/>Davis' article is very well-written and displays a deep knowledge of PKD. I remember reading that piece way back in 1989, showing it to several young writers in my circle. Most of them turned their nose up at the idea of taking a "sci-fi hack" seriously. But one guy whom I'd recently met responded with, "Isn't he the one who put a lot of Gnosticism in his stuff?" The guy was a student of history with a particular interest in Gnosticism. We've been great friends ever since.Cal Godothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822149941361325037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184123882936370131.post-74310863502929185812008-02-25T13:00:00.000-08:002008-02-25T13:00:00.000-08:00"By twisting the page-turning groove of pulp into ..."By twisting the page-turning groove of pulp into a Möbius strip, Dick attempted to undermine the political, social, technological, and psychic structures of “reality.” He wanted a pulp guerilla ontology that deconstructed everyone’s power trip—Nixon’s, IBM’s, God’s, the author’s."<BR/><BR/>this is the best summation of pkd ideas/books i have ever seen. excellent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com