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Today, I read the original inspiration for the 90's sci-fi flick Total Recall with Schwarzenegger and loved it equally as much as the movie.

The movie expands greatly upon the very short story written by Philip K. Dick, and does justice to the loose ends he left. In the short story he never actually returns to mars to seek out the truth of his secret mission; he instead turns himself in to discover the truth of his past and to avoid any further damage or confusion in his life. The ending to the short story is very cool though, but would have been impossible to include in the plot of the movie.

Read it.

Philip K. Dick... Books, Comics, Movies

Revolutionary science fiction writer Philip K. Dick's last epic novel Do Androids Dream Electric Sheep? is revisited by BOOM! Studios in the new trans-titled comic book series. Here's an article. Here's a link concerning the original series.

Recently read some Dick, so I was happy to stumble upon this. I was also checking out some of his first editions on ebay, which are ridiculously priced... I think. Anyways, the short story The Minority Report was the first story I read of his. Familiar with the Spielberg production of the story I was quite pleased to find the original story much more complex; fully exploiting the possibilities in plot twists presented by three ever correcting psychics on one man's fate. WHOAAA... Anyways it was a great read. Two thumbs.

Any who, here are some random Philip K. Dick links to short stories, info, etc.

Link to 1st ed's on Ebay

Link to his Wiki

Link just in case someone tries to rip you off...

Link to an entire website dedicated to Blade Runner

Way of the Peaceful Warrior

Hello world, I've recently picked a book by Dan Millman entitled Way of the Peaceful Warrior. It's been a very strange experience reading this book; the situation of the protagonist, who also happens to be the author of this semi-fictitious autobiographical novel, resonates with this point in my life to the point where I'm convinced I wasn't suppose to read it until now. I actually remember seeing this book several times in the past at book stores, even vocalizing the title to myself, but not until have I peered into it.

The book is about Dan in his junior year in college. He becomes depressed, lost, and unfulfilled with the life he has led, and is baffled at why. One night he wanders the streets of San Fransisco and comes across a man at a gas station,(Although this is where it ceases to parallel my life, it's also where it gets interesting). The man becomes his mentor, teaching him to become more than just an athlete, or a great student, even more than a man. He begins picking his mind in a Zen fashion, and leading him to a life in which unconditional happiness and intrinsic awareness are all that are sought.

I haven't finished just yet, but I'm already so eager to read it again.

I'd recommend this book not just to anyone, but everyone.

Gunslinger; Roland

So... I finally started reading Stephen King's series The Dark Tower, and have to say his abilities of comfortably expanding ONE moment across a whole page via descrpitive imagery tops even Lovecraft in this novel. Book One, The Gunslinger, has been the funnest and fastest read I've ever experienced; I'm nearly done with this book, and have had it since saturday. I usually take a couple months on a novel due to school and other responsibilities/burdens of mine, but this has rearranged my priorities in a great and fresh way. I can't wait to finish so I can get to The Drawing of the Three

H.P. Lovecraft

I'm currently reading At the Mountains of Madness and am flabbergasted by Lovecraft's writing abilities. Although he's a very important figure in sci-fi lit and one the most famous writers of the twentieth century, this is the first book I've read of his. It's a fairly short book and I'm about a thrid of the way through it. It's the story of an expedition to Antarctica by a group of scientists, biologists, geologists, grad students, and grunts that are intending to dig through the ice and rock for ancient soil samples. While there, among the curiously perfect weather conditions, a large portion of the team stumbles upon some strange artifacts and biological specimens. Anyways, I won't go any further, partly because I'M only a little further. Rumor has it that Del Torro (Hell Boy 2, Pan's Labrynth) will be directing his take on the horror classic sometime in the near future; I guess after the release of The Hobbit ? Here's some reviews of his script. One and Two.