06-02-2018, 03:34 PM
King Bob wrote:
Yeah, I can see the bummer side of DADOES. But I'm intrigued by how it managed to translate to the big screen. Having finished it, I have no big insight. Now I need to revisit the movie.
My gut feel is that much of the book was left out of the movie. There's some complexities in the novel that I'm still wrestling with, trying to understand what they represented. I could just go to wikipedia and have it all explained to me, but it seems better to let it stew for a few weeks.
Once more this is a tale that ventures ever deeper into the mind. Just what is reality? How do we know we are who we think we are -- or the true identities of anything around us? Very trippy.
BTW, I'm reading Four Novels of the 1960s, which is an anthology of Dick novels: The Man in the High Castle (which I'll skip, because I read it maybe 4 years ago), The Three Stigmata..., Do Androids..., and Ubik. A hell of a collection. I want to steal this book. It's ultra-thin high quality paper, so it's a thin volume despite being 4 novels. Very portable.
One thing I'll say about most of Dick's novels is that, to translate to the screen, they almost require voiceover. I seem to recall big issues with the Blade Runner voice-over, but will revisit that when I watch it again.
By the way, there appear to be 6 versions of the movie. You'd think the preferred version would be the Director's Cut. But Ridley Scott has disowned that version -- because he had no input into it. That's right. The Director's Cut was re-edited without the director's involvement. Will wonders never cease. That almost seems appropriate for a Dick project.
Anyway, The Final Cut is what Ridley Scott put together and approves of. I'm hoping to get that from the library in a day or two. When I do, I'll be reluctantly returning this Dick novel anthology.
By the way, the anthology includes a Chronology at the end that encapsulates the major events in Dick's life. Absolutely astounding. Talk about a life lived to the fullest every step of the way... And no wonder he was so paranoid towards the end. I'd recommend checking out the book just for the Chronology.
Quote:I read Ubik but don't really remember it. I also read Three Stigmata and thought it was great. Recently I tried to read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, but found it too much of a bummer.
Yeah, I can see the bummer side of DADOES. But I'm intrigued by how it managed to translate to the big screen. Having finished it, I have no big insight. Now I need to revisit the movie.
My gut feel is that much of the book was left out of the movie. There's some complexities in the novel that I'm still wrestling with, trying to understand what they represented. I could just go to wikipedia and have it all explained to me, but it seems better to let it stew for a few weeks.
Once more this is a tale that ventures ever deeper into the mind. Just what is reality? How do we know we are who we think we are -- or the true identities of anything around us? Very trippy.
BTW, I'm reading Four Novels of the 1960s, which is an anthology of Dick novels: The Man in the High Castle (which I'll skip, because I read it maybe 4 years ago), The Three Stigmata..., Do Androids..., and Ubik. A hell of a collection. I want to steal this book. It's ultra-thin high quality paper, so it's a thin volume despite being 4 novels. Very portable.
One thing I'll say about most of Dick's novels is that, to translate to the screen, they almost require voiceover. I seem to recall big issues with the Blade Runner voice-over, but will revisit that when I watch it again.
By the way, there appear to be 6 versions of the movie. You'd think the preferred version would be the Director's Cut. But Ridley Scott has disowned that version -- because he had no input into it. That's right. The Director's Cut was re-edited without the director's involvement. Will wonders never cease. That almost seems appropriate for a Dick project.
Anyway, The Final Cut is what Ridley Scott put together and approves of. I'm hoping to get that from the library in a day or two. When I do, I'll be reluctantly returning this Dick novel anthology.
By the way, the anthology includes a Chronology at the end that encapsulates the major events in Dick's life. Absolutely astounding. Talk about a life lived to the fullest every step of the way... And no wonder he was so paranoid towards the end. I'd recommend checking out the book just for the Chronology.
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