The growing science of memory manipulation

Re:The growing science of memory manipulation by sn41 on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @09:09AM (#20866093)

"We can remember it for you wholesale" is the original short story, I think. Philip K. Dick's works taken as a whole, are mind-boggling. At some point, I want to work through Ubik.

Stanislaw Lem, the great Polish sci-fi author of works like Solaris, called Western sci-fi "A Hopeless Case with exceptions" - one of the very very few exceptions was Philip K. Dick. There's also a nice essay on Philip K. Dick specifically. [1], [2]

[1] https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/5/lem5art.htm [2] http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?253191

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Re:The growing science of memory manipulation by pmoriarty on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @05:05PM (#20871162)

"At some point, I want to work through Ubik."

I consider Ubik PKD's greatest and most accessible work. It's a really quick, easy read. Do yourself a favor and pick it up now!

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Re:The growing science of memory manipulation by sn41 on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @08:17AM (#20876385)

Thanks for the suggestion. I was afraid that it will be too dense. I'll give it a shot.

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