tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post5501929257472380258..comments2023-09-11T08:32:39.024-05:00Comments on SFF Masterworks: SF Masterworks #55: Philip K. Dick, Time Out of JointUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post-31423761796842313992010-08-21T02:16:41.328-05:002010-08-21T02:16:41.328-05:00Can't say that I had, but I checked it out now...Can't say that I had, but I checked it out now, and it looks pretty cool :) I added it to my blogroll.<br /><br />http://rolandscodex.blogspot.com/Simeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435940295167464898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post-32008999411566334392010-08-20T13:29:14.385-05:002010-08-20T13:29:14.385-05:00Thanks for the recommendation Simon, will look out...Thanks for the recommendation Simon, will look out for a copy. And ii didn't know you were on blogger-have you seen my SF blog?LarryShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723096857163954170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post-11862679486558699642010-08-20T10:19:30.118-05:002010-08-20T10:19:30.118-05:00To me the problem is that it all collapses when th...To me the problem is that it all collapses when the Revelations come. Half of the things that happen to Raggle prior to that just stop making sense. And even the ones that do feel somehow cheapened by the explanation. At least that was the way I perceived the book.<br /><br />http://rolandscodex.blogspot.com/Simeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435940295167464898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post-67559261042985218812010-08-20T06:49:55.718-05:002010-08-20T06:49:55.718-05:00I must admit, I disagree with you that the novel &...I must admit, I disagree with you that the novel "fails". The point of this novel is following the protagonist as he penetrates through to each new level of understanding about reality. Each time it turns upon it's head his previous understanding.<br /><br />Perhaps the ending lacks an ambiguity which would have made it more interesting but other than that I don't see what was "unsavory" about it. I agree that this isn't one of his best, possibly it should not even be in the Masterworks series but I don't think it falls as far short as you suggest.<br /><br />And Larry, I think this is one of his novels that you are more likely to enjoy...Fried Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290599886029462225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post-24995815988674282842010-08-19T10:29:32.631-05:002010-08-19T10:29:32.631-05:00FMTPS is another one that I consider overhyped...FMTPS is another one that I consider overhyped...Simeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435940295167464898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187641567461387320.post-55669214598142738472010-08-19T06:50:32.281-05:002010-08-19T06:50:32.281-05:00I will never understand the fascination and god-li...I will never understand the fascination and god-like status of PKD! I've only read one book of his that moved me and made me think I'd read it again, Flow My Tears the Policeman Said. A great book, indeed it is but it seems he is way overhyped! Probably because he,like Vonnegut, wrote more social fiction than science fiction.<br />I'll read Time out of Joint whren I find a copy, see what I think.LarryShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723096857163954170noreply@blogger.com