I watch Demolition Man for the first time the other night. I always heard people say it predicts our current time and I definitely see that. The fines for profanity were funny, but hate speech laws are worse than that. Also the banning of meat and and salt
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Have you read any philip k dick? That guy was a prophet
He is my second favorite sci-fi author after Heinlein. Love his work. Last one I read of his was A Scanner Darkly. You have a favorite? I like Do Androids Dream and Scanner Darkly the most but enjoy everything I’ve read by him.
Honestly. For dick what I really love is his exegesis. Its wild. For his novels. Probably the Penultimate truth or the novella the adjustment team. My wife prefers android I think.
My favorite heinlein is The moon is a harsh mistress followed by The man who sold the moon
In his exegesis he finally learns to flesh out characters. This was his only real flaw as a writer, 3D plots with 1D characters.
Interesting way of describing it. Reminds me of when someone told me Skyrim was as wide as an ocean but as deep as a puddle
I have Exegesis but need to read. It. I don’t think I have Penultimate Truth unless it’s in one of the collections of his short stories I have. What did you think of the end of A Scanner Darkly? I love how the movie included Dick’s tribute from the book and it was very interesting how the govt was producing the drug it was fighting. Endless cycle.
I’d love a proper film or TV adaptation of Moon is a Harsh Mistress but not with modern Hollywood. So many others as well. Orphans in the Sky or Farnham’s Freehold. I’ve always wanted a more book accurate Starship Troopers.
Modern Hollywood would fucking love this.
I enjoyed the book. It's one I recommend to people. I havent seen the movie though. It's crazy how so many of his stories have been turned into films
Philosophically, Ubik is his masterpiece.
And they're my two favorites in the same order too