/lit/ - Literature

>>21648776
He's a peasant just like me. When did you realize you were a subhuman, bros?

>>21648776
Based midwit

>>21648782
Unfortunately, too early. Before I realized that I can't change it. That's a bad feeling. It's bad to be born wrong, even if the only wrong part is being smarter and different.

>>21648782
Subhuman? He was an artist. Peak SOVL. Stop pedestalizing the rich just because they’re rich.

>>21648782
I suppose being the best of the best in a category of genre fiction is better than nothing

>>21650722
Absolutely. As far as subhumans go he's admirable. In comparison to him, I'm a subhuman's subhuman.

>>21648776
Literally me. PKD exceeds genreslop.

>>21650743
>a man with a transcendental imagination is a subhuman

>>21650750
Did you read OP's post? Dick himself was aware that he was a subhuman. If a genius chimpanzee could write great books he would still be a chimpanzee. Subhumanism works the same way.

>>21648776
Lotta words for "I can't be bothered to iron my shirt". What a twat.

>>21650758
He never said he was a subhuman. He says he’s not comfortable among the rich and powerful. If a man can write books like he did, he’s beyond normal people, not below them.

>>21650750
>amphetamine addict
>various psychotic breaks
>lives in poverty
>tries to commit suicide
Yeah sounds like a great life...

Just attend in your normal clothes, give your daughter a kiss and a congratulation and then leave
Jesus H. I hate the "working class" and their constant autobiographical platitudes

>>21650893
> their constant autobiographical platitudes
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>>21648776
Are you ready for Dick kino?
https://collider.com/charlize-theron-alfonso-cuaron-producing-philip-k-dick-biopic/

>>21650907
During any conversation they will often go into tangents about how their current taste/opinion on the topic of discussion is influenced about their poverty/hard working/humble origins
>You need to read [X] and [Y] books anon
>Why?
>The characters are so good, Bob and Alice reminded me of how hard my parents used to work for me to get a good education, blah blah blah
I've had this conversation a million times. I want a reason, not your personal story. Shut the fuck up

>>21650916
>Kino
retard

>>21651001
kys

>>21648776
I wish I could've skipped my HS graduation, I only went because my relatives showed up.

But, I think Philip K Dick was uncomfortable about a lot of 'normal' things. I remember an interview where Ursula LeGuin said that she went to the same HS with PK Dick and that not only didn't she remember him, but that everyone she ever spoke with from the same HS didn't remember him. So, when even the science fiction writing nerd doesn't know you exist...

>>21651347
>Ursula LeGuin said that she went to the same HS with PK Dick
There's a Bernhardian story in here about the school's third aspiring SF writer who never got anywhere but saw his fellow alumni become legends.

>>21651413
fucking hell.

>>21650946
It's harsh but I agree.
If for some deranged reason you read the youtube comments on music it's even worse.
>this got me through the time my wife (male) died of monkeypox and I had to live in my pickup truck with our ten pet llamas
I would be genuinely suspicious if a stranger was interested in my sob stories, literally the only reason to tell it or respond to it is to virtue signal.
>and I'm tired of pretending it's not.

>>21650946
Struggle marks people. Sorry they wanted to share something with you, possibly a spoiled nepo baby.

>>21652126
Wow, whatever will I do without experiencing trauma dumping from somebody I barely know.
All that "valuable life experience" you've got, and still no tact.

>>21652137
I never said I had valuable life experience, though. I was referring to your acquaintances.

>>21648776
where can I read more stuff he wrote about himself like this?

>>21648776
What a selfish little bitch. Just go to your daughter's graduation and be a little uncomfortable.

>>21652126
I'm fine with sharing, occasionally, but this kind of person lives in a state of constant catharsis. I wish they would close their mouths and channel this emotional incontinence into something else, like a work of art (to be fair, some of them do), instead of psychically assaulting and burdening their fellow man.

DADoES is about poverty, and Dick's frustration about his inability to provide for his wife. It's a subtext that actually comes up often in his works.

>>21653054
he said once, that during his most prolific phase, I think in the 60s, he had 'high-maintenace-wife' or such. he meant it in terms of money and lifestyle, which he was barely able to provide at that level. his output is greatly determined, both in quantity and in style, by his lack of $$. nothing uncommon among writers, consider Dostoyevsky.

>>21650794
>>amphetamine addict
>>various psychotic breaks
>>lives in poverty
>>tries to commit suicide

>half of the thread is people giving a long-dead writer condescending life advice
God, I hate normalfags.

>>21654286
Kek you mean this retarded faggot? >>21650893