Mohammed ’s Comments (group member since May 09, 2009)

Mohammed ’s comments from the Philip K Dick group.

Michael wrote: "Yes, Hoppy's an interestingly complex character. He attracts sympathy, but at the same time is a bit of a creep!

I kind of like the way the story is largely about character; reminds me of PKD's ma..."

I didnt think he was a creep because he was damaged how he was treated as a kid. Sure he did somethings wrong but i didnt think he deserved that horrible way to go in the end.

I did think about the story that it was prolly like PKD non-genre novels too. Those kind of books can be about mundane things like characters usually.

Mad Dog wrote: "Mohammed wrote: "What did other PKD fans think of this book ?"


It is my least fave Dick book of the many Dick books that I have read. I didn't like it much. I struggled to finish the book. Th..."

I never struggled with this book because the characters was not his best but they were so interesting,so flawed,so human. I felt for them all specially Hoppy,his fears,his goals.

I didnt like the story too much though its like he forgot to tell a story and let just the characters randomly do their thing.

Its far from my least fav PKD, thats why i rate it 4 stars. It has a great take on post apocalypse,interest themes like deformaties.
Its much much better than my least fav PKD so far that is The Maze of Death.

What did other PKD fans think of this book ?

Yeah that is more reliable than other GR fans when its about PKD.

Hehe no help then ;)

Its just many books that are called Dickian just because they try to be rambling,different.

It look too over the top with the trailers. I wouldnt mind if it was half as good as Memento though.

What makes Jeff Noon's Vurt Dickian ? Themes or writing ability and themes. ?

I just dont care about how it will turn out, i dont have any interest in another hollywood film that only use PKD idea in a typical story of theirs.

Paycheck and co are proof.

If it was in the quality of Minority Report then i would find it interesting.

Looks more like Bourne Identity than the PKD story. Him and his girl being chased....

If they had cut out the love story it would have been interesting.

Now i will forget it even exist despite Matt Damon is one of my fav actors.

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is the creepiest so far to me. By the end i didnt know what was going on. A feeling being lost.

One of few books i have read i thought and thought over again what happened in some parts of the book, specially regarding that "being".

James Cameron was at his best with Terminator,Terminator 2,Aliens thats for sure. Those are among my fav movies of alltime.

Still someone should have said where they took the ideas from. Not Cameron but the guys behind the story,script.

Michael wrote: "The background premis of the Terminators is lifted wholesale from Second Variety: a war between men and machines in which the machines attempt to infiltrate the few remaining human encampments by u..."

Yeah i was almost shocked that PKD didnt get a credit for Terminator. But thats hollywood they can steal stories and act like they created them as film....

Have you guys seen the info about upcoming Matt Damon PKD film in IMDB? They turned a interesting PKD short story into a romantic drama with a slight sf element....

There is a sense of horror in the bleak,people controlled by the powers worlds of his. Like in Flow my Tears,the policeman said.


The horror sf stories of his that are more regular scary are very good too. Second Variety is a chilling story i loved reading. Cant help thinking the idea of Terminator films must be connected to that story.

Yeah i never understood the big fuss over genre, i mean non-genre writers writing similar stories look like their own genre too....

I like to think story type when i think of stories. Do i want science story or a mundane contemporary setting, a scary story. Not i want SF or non-genre or horror.

Mike wrote: "Yep,

well said, Matt.
Mohammed, does this answer your question?

Personally, I wish they'd kick GENRE in the teeth - I'd rather find writers I like by A-Z rather than by sub-genre, theme-limi..."

Yeah it answers my question. Personal horror is very good way to describe what he writes.

I dont even think about genre when i read. I think i feel for a Dick story or a for Jack London book and so on.

My fav writers happen to write in some genres.

319 now ;)

Thats must be a record for a SF writer or an older writer.

Mike wrote: "I like PK Dick because he's a mis-categorised sci-fi author who writes about "personal horror" like nobody since Kafka!

:)"

Personal horror ? How do you mean ?

I think PKD could write about anything and makes it interesting. He could make a human story of out anything. Thats why i dont even doubt that i will read his non-genre books eventually.

What i always like about PKD is the way he writes stories around human relationships,dramas. His reflection on what is reality and what is human is very compelling.

The fact he writes same themes,certain characters over and over suggests something about the man behind the writer. Specially about the women he writes about. They feel more real,less dated than other older SF. Having read introductions about his real relationships with women you see why.

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said was a great book and have potential to become his best film yet.

He was ahead of his times.

Welcome Judith.

Man we have so many members and the group should be more active.