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Do you have a reference to his comments on the other changes? I would be most interested in reading them. Personally, I feel analyzing PKDs books as if they we
by new299 9y ago
Do you have a reference to his comments on the other changes? I would be most interested in reading them.
Personally, I feel analyzing PKDs books as if they were written with a clear point in mind doesn't work well. PKD, was a heavy drug user (in fact he's quoted as saying all his books were written while on amphetamines). He claimed to have paranormal experiences. And claimed to have had a parallel life where he lived as "Thomas", a Christian persecuted by Romans in the first century AD. I think he was heavy interested in Christian mysticism.
It's his questioning of reality, and his visions of other worlds, and the idea of a shifting, unstable reality that come across in his work for me. I think Blade Runner the film, is an interesting take on this. It's certainly a very vivid vision of a different, confusing and mysterious world, and it's my guess that this is what he liked in what he saw.
I also also surprised to hear he liked it, given how different a world it is to what he wrote.