This definately isn't the case now. As you're probably aware, Vintage publish Phil's books these days.. so he's in good company.. with Murakami, Roth and other great writers.
You might be interested to know that my local university (Otago University, New Zealand), has included DADOES in their lit course. He's not Joyce, but damnit people should take him seriously. Now if only hollywood would cease raping his novels and short stories....
I would strongly recommend that you check out Kobo Abe. Considerably different stylistically from murakami, but perhaps one of Japan's best 20thC novelists.
PKD was obsessed with two themes throughout his work. 1. what the hell is reality, and how do we go about defining it? 2. what does it mean to be human? This later question is all that PKD was concerned with in writing DADOES. Deckard is very much human.. and his trial throughout the novel, is his inability to describe those traits that make us human. Deckard loves his synthetic sheep, and although somewhat ashamed of it, treats it every bit like a genuine sheep. Deckard has great difficulty differentiating between humans and replicants, even doubting himself. The novel ends with the poignant discovery that what he asumes is a living frog, is synthetic. What Dick might be suggesting, is that there is very little to differentiate us from machines. Rather than concerning ourselves with the uninteresting question of 'Is Deckard a replicant', perhaps we should be asking 'Is he really any different from a replicant?'. Are the concepts of self and individuality an illusion, and can we really ever know ourselves?
Certainly, Metallica have every right to protect their copyright. What I am having trouble understanding is how Napster in any way has infringed upon this right. Those that are ripping copyright material and distributing them are.
Napster is a utility that allows you to transfer and search for mp3s. You would have to be somewhat niave to think that the authors intentions were entirely honorable, and that Napster is provided *only* for the distribution of legal material. That is beside the point however; napster is little more than a glorified ftp client.
I can use my ftp client to d/l warez or legal software. Why is it that we have not seen the authors of Cuteftp and ncftp attacked by software vendors?
There is something very wrong with this whole situation. It seems blindingly obvious to me that the author of napster cannot be held accountable, only the users themselves that choose to infringe upon an artists copyright. Fair enough, this is hard to enforce and regulate, and the record industry need to point there finger at someone. It is unfortunate that they behave like spoilt children, rather than attempting to find a constructive means of utilising this very nifty technology.
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I actually have a copy of Norweigan Wood in translation in the japanese format (2 small books, red and green).
They're published by Harvill
The binding on this edition is a bit dodgy, so if you do find them, handle them gingerly.
Christ on a bicycle.. when I was a young'un we called them thar things Graphics Cards.
Down with Corporate Doublespeak!
If you like Heinlein, don't bother.
This definately isn't the case now. As you're probably aware, Vintage publish Phil's books these days.. so he's in good company.. with Murakami, Roth and other great writers.
You might be interested to know that my local university (Otago University, New Zealand), has included DADOES in their lit course. He's not Joyce, but damnit people should take him seriously. Now if only hollywood would cease raping his novels and short stories....
I would strongly recommend that you check out Kobo Abe. Considerably different stylistically from murakami, but perhaps one of Japan's best 20thC novelists.
very well said.
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PKD was obsessed with two themes throughout his work.
1. what the hell is reality, and how do we go about defining it?
2. what does it mean to be human?
This later question is all that PKD was concerned with in writing DADOES. Deckard is very much human.. and his trial throughout the novel, is his inability to describe those traits that make us human. Deckard loves his synthetic sheep, and although somewhat ashamed of it, treats it every bit like a genuine sheep. Deckard has great difficulty differentiating between humans and replicants, even doubting himself. The novel ends with the poignant discovery that what he asumes is a living frog, is synthetic.
What Dick might be suggesting, is that there is very little to differentiate us from machines. Rather than concerning ourselves with the uninteresting question of 'Is Deckard a replicant', perhaps we should be asking 'Is he really any different from a replicant?'. Are the concepts of self and individuality an illusion, and can we really ever know ourselves?
Certainly, Metallica have every right to protect their copyright. What I am having trouble understanding is how Napster in any way has infringed upon this right. Those that are ripping copyright material and distributing them are.
Napster is a utility that allows you to transfer and search for mp3s. You would have to be somewhat niave to think that the authors intentions were entirely honorable, and that Napster is provided *only* for the distribution of legal material. That is beside the point however; napster is little more than a glorified ftp client.
I can use my ftp client to d/l warez or legal software. Why is it that we have not seen the authors of Cuteftp and ncftp attacked by software vendors?
There is something very wrong with this whole situation. It seems blindingly obvious to me that the author of napster cannot be held accountable, only the users themselves that choose to infringe upon an artists copyright. Fair enough, this is hard to enforce and regulate, and the record industry need to point there finger at someone. It is unfortunate that they behave like spoilt children, rather than attempting to find a constructive means of utilising this very nifty technology.
looks quite a bit like sawmill.