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Since nothing in this community is about technology we might as well talk about science fiction. (lemmy.world)
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All the stories on the FP are about labor relations and corporate shenanigans. So anyway, do you like Star Trek or Star Wars better? Anybody still ike to read old school sci fi, for example I really love Poul Anderson's Polesotechnic League stories - the swashbuckling adventures of intersteller trador Nicholas van Rijn and his Solar Spice and Liquors company, David Falkayne, et al. Good old basic space opera.

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[–] nik9000@programming.dev 6 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

PKD is special somehow. He's the one author where, I think, the movies are better than the books pretty consistently. Maybe it's luck or my flawed opinion.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 5 points 13 hours ago

I think Dick was writing to be read in a particular time and place. Take Dashiell Hammett. 'Red Harvest' works a century later. there are some references that are dated [wearing a red tie] but overall you can give the novel to a modern person without a great deal of explanation needed. 'The Thin Man' requires a ton of annotation to be understood.

imho.

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 14 hours ago

Agreed. Partly because the movies have actual endings...