Finally my reading hiatus is over! Let the Solar Lottery commence! After a long reading hiatus Ive finally picked up the paper again and squeezed in a couple of pages of Solar Lottery. Although I am still eagerly attempting to comprehend the complex plot and political system in the book which I know very little about its secrecy is intriguing. During my reading hiatus I have also acquired two more PKD additions to add to my pile of reading material; 'The World Jones Made' and 'Minority Report', both kindly purchased for me by my boyfriend from his local PKD goldmine bookstall.
Another welcomed element to my PKD collection is the Blade Runner 5 disc edition collectors box set. Although I had no real reason to purchase this, already owning a perfectly good copy of the Directors Cut, PKD fever appears to have struck, unable to resist the bargain for £6 from HMV I bought the collectible tin, mostly for the artwork cards and hologram inside.
As my summer break from university commences, still jobless apart from the odd photography commission I will use my time to indulge myself in the world of SF, unless my situation changes. Let the Solar Lottery commence!
Sunday 16 May 2010
Saturday 1 May 2010
The Exegesis!
Wonderful news! PKD's Journals are going to be published! Theres still going to be quite a wait as they are scheduled to be published in autumn 2011, but Im still ecstatic that PKD is still as popular as ever and things we all want are getting published! Read the full article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8653261.stm
Im just dropping by after what seems to have been a long Sci-Fi reading hiatus. Being incredibly busy at university and having essays (and therefore reading) about Gender Stereotypes I have had little time to pick up any PKD of late.
My collection of reading material is still continuing to expand slowly, recently I aquired 'Flow my tears, the policeman said' and 'Second Variety', so my 'To Read' pile is building ever higher!
Something I was happy to note recently during a trip to Waterstones was more reprints of SF Masterworks novels. Greeted by a large promotional stand (which I did think would look lovely in my room full of PKD books) full of slightly psychodelic reprints with white spines. I was thrilled that the demand for PKD is finally being met in some way, however I did feel a slight dissapointment that I might have to avoid these white spined monstrosities as they will look dreadfull wedged in with my blackspined collection (an aesthetic snob I know, but they were rather garish.). I just hope that all this reprinting and promotion helps bring PKD back to the masses and gets future generations aprechiating PKD (even though in the future his novels will ironically be historical fantasies).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8653261.stm
Im just dropping by after what seems to have been a long Sci-Fi reading hiatus. Being incredibly busy at university and having essays (and therefore reading) about Gender Stereotypes I have had little time to pick up any PKD of late.
My collection of reading material is still continuing to expand slowly, recently I aquired 'Flow my tears, the policeman said' and 'Second Variety', so my 'To Read' pile is building ever higher!
Something I was happy to note recently during a trip to Waterstones was more reprints of SF Masterworks novels. Greeted by a large promotional stand (which I did think would look lovely in my room full of PKD books) full of slightly psychodelic reprints with white spines. I was thrilled that the demand for PKD is finally being met in some way, however I did feel a slight dissapointment that I might have to avoid these white spined monstrosities as they will look dreadfull wedged in with my blackspined collection (an aesthetic snob I know, but they were rather garish.). I just hope that all this reprinting and promotion helps bring PKD back to the masses and gets future generations aprechiating PKD (even though in the future his novels will ironically be historical fantasies).
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