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Type: fiction

Status: neutral

Author: Kurt Vonnegut

Description: "We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane." So reads the tombstone"We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane." So reads the tombstone of downtrodden writer Kilgore Trout, but we have no doubt who's really talking: his alter ego Kurt Vonnegut. Health versus sickness, humanity versus inhumanity--both sets of ideas bounce through this challenging and funny book. As with the rest of Vonnegut's pure fantasy, it lacks the shimmering, fact-fueled rage that illuminates Slaughterhouse-Five. At the same time, that makes this book perhaps more enjoyable to read."...

2006-08-15

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Philip K. Dick

Tags: psychology depression paranoia sci-fi android "manic depression"

2006-05-03

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Type: fiction

Status: neutral

Authors: Philip K. Dick K. Dick Philip Dick

Tags: genetics dystopia movie sci-fi robot robotics cyborg anti-utopia "blade runner"

2006-05-03

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Type: fiction

Status: liked

Author: Philip K. Dick

2006-05-03

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Jack Kerouac

Tags: beat life americana roadtrip jazz

2006-05-03