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    <updated_at>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:35:58 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Commenting on the starting out with Valis thought by UBIk: I loaned the book Valis to a person years ago who was very much into new-age religion, and he enjoyed it much without earlier exposure to Dick. He loved the part about finding God but not being able to keep him. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:16:31 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book is probably Pynchon's best, I am now reading the latest one. So American, the best surveyors and astronomical observors that were alive at that time are sent to draw a line into the wilderness to settle a boundary dispute. You will receive insights into the slicing up and settlement of Nor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27344593">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:00:39 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Incredible book but then that is its reputation. Background in World War II, bombing of civilians, espionage and mind control. A little bit of Slothrup in all of us. Maybe that's what happened to him.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 24 May 2008 10:09:04 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Puttering is among my favorite pkd regardless of classification. Vivid portayal of the postwar california dream, technonlogy, marital problems, and private schools.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:08:04 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[My name is Stephen. I have been reading pkd since he was alive. I first read a short story collection where I learned about Perky Pat. Favorites are Ubik, Time slip, Scanner, Eldritch, Tears, and of course Valis. Best unrecognized novel is Puttering about in a Small Land. <br/><br/>Scanner is a great movie also but the animation is difficult for many, also it makes the progression of Arctor difficult to see.]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[Amazing book I must say. Feels like one of Dick's SF efforts from the early 60s, more so than Puttering or Mary. Only this one takes us to an early stage of California's out of control growth. Chris Harmon has his place as another one of PKD's enigmatic characters. ]]></body>
        
    
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