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1. LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 13:45:00 JST LS
   finished 'deus irae', which really is a HIDDEN GEM. i always think that i've read everything that dick has written but i forgot that he's written like 40 novels.
   
   The book really felt as if I'd told an AI "plz write a book like ubik mixed with lord of light" and it actually did it (absolute madman).
   • cell (cell@pl.ebin.zone)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 13:50:47 JST cell

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     @lain “that dick has written” could mean so many things all of them referring to the same person
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   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 13:51:27 JST LS

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     @cell horselover fat
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 19:42:35 JST LS

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     @kakafarm Yes, I think so. It's more light hearted than ubik for sure. How did you like Amber? I read it too last year, I think it's not really 'deep' in any sense but it's just such a good story, so well written.
   • kakafarm (kakafarm@emacs.ch)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 19:42:36 JST kakafarm

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     @lain Almost finishing The Chronicles of Amber. Started reading Lord of Light a while back but got stuck when he got to the city of gods, right before the marriage ceremony. PKD's UBIK made me feel horrid for a while just thinking about it, existential dread and all that. Should I read Deus Irae anyway?

   • kakafarm (kakafarm@emacs.ch)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 20:44:23 JST kakafarm

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     @lain The Corwin Saga I loved for its descriptions of Shadow and Pattern walking, it felt like he had first hand knowledge of such "emergent phenomena". The way scenery is described, it felt as if Zelazny was drawing with words one of those traditional minimalist Chinese or Japanese paintings. I didn't think the story itself or the characters were very interesting. The characters all spoke in the same way and felt a bit one dimensional, but they live in an interesting strange world.

     The Merlin Saga I just can't stop reading. It's an whodunit pageturner. The main characters talk in a conventional way and each has their own personality. Also, Merlin seems like a mellow kind of guy. Him and Jasra?! That's the most mellowest way anyone was ever depicted in fiction. Oh, and Mandor seems like the stereotypical charming white haired bishounen, like Raistlin or Griffith. I just hope he won't go there… Don't tell me anything, I don't want to know.

     Sorry for the scroll. Have a nice day.

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