Im not sure Phil wanted to be a mainstream writer. He always said the reason he wrote was to approach the question of "What is an authentic human being" and "What is reality" which lately have not been very mainstream topics. As we've seen, so far the movies "based on his novels" that have been popular so far are the ones with the philosophical content removed & gunfights added to fill the empty space. And the secret is he was off the amphetamines for the best parts of his writing career.
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Im not sure Phil wanted to be a mainstream writer. He always said the reason he wrote was to approach the question of "What is an authentic human being" and "What is reality" which lately have not been very mainstream topics. As we've seen, so far the movies "based on his novels" that have been popular so far are the ones with the philosophical content removed & gunfights added to fill the empty space. And the secret is he was off the amphetamines for the best parts of his writing career.