The faith of our fathers
by Gibbons, James, 1834-1921 · first published 1884
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…Ubik to this as well, and would personally rate it higher than the Three Stigmata. For me, Ubik is PKD's greatest and most accessible book. 1st rank - Ubik, The Three Stigmata, A Martian Time Slip, Faith of Our Fathers 2nd rank - (The Divine Invasion or The Galactic Pot Healer ... don't remember which now... it's been a long time), A Maze of Death 3rd rank - VALIS, Eye in the Sky Honorable mention: the middle of…
on “How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later, Philip K. Dick” ↗…other books, like Lies, Inc, also have great parts in them, but are kind of inconsistent. Some of his short stories are excellent. My favorites: - Beyond Lies the Wub - Roog - The Father Thing - Faith of Our Fathers I didn't really like A Scanner Darkly, nor Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep and would consider them of minor import had not movies been made of them. Other books in this category are Now Wait for…
on “Philip K. Dick: A Visionary Among the Charlatans (1975)” ↗…recommend: - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Martian Time-Slip - Galactic Pot Healer - Eye in the Sky - the middle part of Lies, Inc Some of his short stories: - Beyond Lies the Wub - Faith of Our Fathers
on “The Essential Philip K. Dick” ↗Some of Dick's most effective "bad trip" novels and stories are: Faith of Our Fathers[1] Lies, Inc[2] (which takes a while to get rolling, but if you bear with it your patience will be rewarded). Ubik[3] The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch[4] If you enjoy these sorts of stories,…
on “Jean-Paul Sartre Had a Bad Mescaline Trip (2018)” ↗…to read his short fiction and then go back to the novels. In the stories you see his controlled, precise side and that kind changes how you feel about his longer work. I cannot recommend these enough: Faith of Our Fathers Upon The Dull Earth The Electric Ant I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon I think reading the novels one is only seeing one side of the writer.
on “Paranoid Android: The Divine Madness of Philip K Dick” ↗For me the most frightening PKD story was Faith of Our Fathers, but I haven't read Upon the Dull Earth. I wonder how they compare. Looks like Upon the Dull Earth can be read here: [1] and Faith of Our Fathers here: [2] Well, I just read Upon the Dull Earth, and…
on “Philip K. Dick: A Visionary Among the Charlatans (1975)” ↗…something of an adventure kind of nature, which we call "Space Opera", which is just Westerns set in the future. I still can't imagine how they could ever make The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Ubik, or Faith of Our Fathers into movies. But that's more because of the plots and the subject matter, than the visuals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_E... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_Our_Fathers_(short_st...
on “Philip K. Dick: A Visionary Among the Charlatans (1975)” ↗