Philip K Dick was born this week in 1928 – December 16th, to be precise – and died in 1982. I’m fairly comfortable proposing that in fact he did not die, but was memetically reverse-engineered into a viral fiction calling itself “The Empire Never Ended”, then re-inserted into his own lightcone around 1940. If you think that sounds strange, then you’ve obviously never read any of his books, and I suggest that you remedy this as quickly as possible. His official website offers little in the way of enlightenment, but I recommend Robert Crumb’s cartoon of one of the key episodes in his history.
People often ask me why I never took drugs when I was younger. The short answer: reading Philip K Dick is like taking drugs, except the effects never wear off.
Tags: Philip K Dick, Robert Crumb
After just finishing one of the collections of his short stories (“Beyond Lies the Wub”), I think that modern sci-fi writers probably need to do more drugs, get more psychoses, and and start hanging off the edges a bit more.
“People often ask me why I never took drugs when I was younger. ” -This is the most strangest and epiphanistic thing I read in months.
Im not quite sure what the epiphany is right now (although Im sure Ill get to it someday) but Im just all shook up by it. Witch remindes me of “Im wild as a bug, tralallllala” the best bugs glorifying lyrics ever!
Ok Im loosing it again, epifany, yes, ok, well, thank you for the epifany Paul, Ill be sure to read Mr.Dicks novels, regards, regards!:)