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Philip K. Dick, that is. Just finished a read-through of Ubi...
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I have ample friendships, breh.
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Change that to romantic relationships. Point still stands. ...
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Describe these "nerdy" activities more mainstream ...
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doesn't DC have kickball leagues
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Video games. Comics. Anime. LARPing. It's less that they...
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"Stop reading books and get addicted to vidya instead.&...
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Cr lol
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¯\_(. _. )_/¯
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what would Charles LARP? the Council of Trent?
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lol at reading books being "old man shit," you pro...
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I read 2 books / week. But I also have too many friends,...
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I've read 20 books so far this year, about 2 a week. How is ...
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In that case, you can keep the reading, but need to replace...
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I work, lift, poast, and spend time with friends. Not partic...
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I may have assumed too much. You do need to date more gi...
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books probably would give Charles something to talk about on...
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Dating is literally hell. Charles has it right.
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i read a bunch of his short stories which i somewhat enjoyed...
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charles i recommend you read dick's short stories. i liked ...
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I have a collection that I've read a few stories from. It lo...
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have you read any heinlein?
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Only Starship Troopers. I own The Moon is a Harsh Mistress t...
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oh nice! Time Enough for Love is worth reading for the centr...
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Thank!
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best part of TEfL is the pioneer story in the middle. the la...
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Moon is great There’s a great book about robots, time trave...
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Worth reading Stranger in a Strange Land if only to revel in...
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I don't like Dick much but my wife does
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Do you like the Gateway books?
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Have not read, and honestly not familiar.
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Fredrick Pohl. One of my favorites. Premise is that an adva...
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i liked ubik a lot, read it a few years ago. i remember thin...
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If you haven't, you should pick up a book of Dick's short st...
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I have this collection. Plan to get to it pretty soon: ht...
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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:08 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife

Philip K. Dick, that is. Just finished a read-through of Ubik, one of his best-regarded works.

One of my goals for this year is to read quite a bit of classic science fiction, since I enjoy the genre but haven't delved super-deep into it. One of the authors I've generally missed so far is Philip K. Dick; Ubik is the first full novel of his I've read (though I've read several short stories).

Unsurprisingly a strange novel probably written under the influence of many, many drugs, but I quite liked it. It was genuinely funny at quite a few points (every device in the future being coin-operated makes me think of microtransaction hell) and kept me interested despite all the weirdness. I can only guess at the overall meaning of of the book but I suspect Ubik is supposed to be a metaphor for God, based on the final chapter's epigraph.

Anyway, I liked it a lot more than Vonnegut so I'll probably read some more books by him; maybe they'll help me interpret this one.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654238)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:33 PM
Author: hateful sickened mood mad-dog skullcap

once again, 180 thread title schtick

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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:13 PM
Author: sinister love of her life



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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:14 PM
Author: impressive multi-billionaire native



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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:15 PM
Author: Curious corn cake point



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:10 PM
Author: Purple overrated twinkling uncleanness regret



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:14 PM
Author: Trip pit

I just finished this last week. I liked it and will check out more by him. I prefer Vonnegut tho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654290)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:21 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife

Have only read Slaughterhouse Five; is there other stuff by him that's substantially better?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654350)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:22 PM
Author: Bossy indian lodge

Breakfast of Champions tells you the penis size of every male character, it's the most XO novel ever written

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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:23 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife

Whoa

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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:13 PM
Author: impressive multi-billionaire native

Sirens of Titan

Cat's Cradle

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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:15 PM
Author: thriller flatulent feces church building

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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:22 PM
Author: Duck-like athletic conference tanning salon

Your life is clearly lacking in friendships and romantic relationships. Why are you focusing on spending your time on this INCEL shit? You should be out playing in a sports league, developing friend groups and meeting chicks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654359)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:23 PM
Author: exhilarant dysfunction factory reset button



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:24 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife

I have ample friendships, breh.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654371)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:25 PM
Author: Duck-like athletic conference tanning salon

Change that to romantic relationships. Point still stands.

You should have no problem finding a cute nerdy chick. You just need to get into the more mainstream nerdy activities. Not this old man shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654379)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:27 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife

Describe these "nerdy" activities more mainstream than reading books.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654404)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:29 PM
Author: Bossy indian lodge

doesn't DC have kickball leagues

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654415)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:30 PM
Author: Duck-like athletic conference tanning salon

Video games. Comics. Anime. LARPing.

It's less that they're mainstream -- more that there are communities around them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654426)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:32 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife

"Stop reading books and get addicted to vidya instead."

Gas yourself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654451)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:36 PM
Author: cruel-hearted dopamine hospital

Cr lol

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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:22 PM
Author: ungodly fragrant stag film

spin, ratfucks

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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:15 PM
Author: sinister love of her life

¯\_(. _. )_/¯

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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:33 PM
Author: Bossy indian lodge

what would Charles LARP? the Council of Trent?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654465)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:28 PM
Author: adventurous institution

lol at reading books being "old man shit," you prole

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654407)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:30 PM
Author: Duck-like athletic conference tanning salon

I read 2 books / week.

But I also have too many friends, an overly-busy social schedule and a long term GF.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654434)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:31 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife

I've read 20 books so far this year, about 2 a week. How is that any different?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654443)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:36 PM
Author: Duck-like athletic conference tanning salon

In that case, you can keep the reading, but need to replace however else you waste your time with more meaningful activities.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654487)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:38 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife

I work, lift, poast, and spend time with friends. Not particularly remarkable bro.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654503)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:24 PM
Author: Duck-like athletic conference tanning salon

I may have assumed too much.

You do need to date more girls though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35655577)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:32 PM
Author: Bossy indian lodge

books probably would give Charles something to talk about on dates

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654448)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:38 PM
Author: alcoholic really tough guy

Dating is literally hell. Charles has it right.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654502)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:38 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:23 PM
Author: metal irradiated new version hell



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:26 PM
Author: Ocher school foreskin

i read a bunch of his short stories which i somewhat enjoyed (some were really good, others went on way too long). would i like this one?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654396)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:30 PM
Author: Apoplectic Philosopher-king Theater Stage

charles i recommend you read dick's short stories. i liked them far more than his books. very imaginative, lots of cool ideas. there are 5 volumes, here is volume 1:

https://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Classic-Stories-Collected-Philip/dp/0806511532/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654425)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:32 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife

I have a collection that I've read a few stories from. It looks like it's almost identical to Vol. 3 of the Collected Stories except it adds a few major classics (Minority Report, We Can Remember it For You Wholesale, and Paycheck).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35654456)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:34 PM
Author: lavender university doctorate



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Date: March 21st, 2018 4:45 PM
Author: Bossy indian lodge



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Date: March 21st, 2018 5:57 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:21 PM
Author: Bossy indian lodge



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:24 PM
Author: laughsome background story house

have you read any heinlein?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35655582)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:29 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife

Only Starship Troopers. I own The Moon is a Harsh Mistress though and will probably get around to it in the next few months. Anything else credited?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35655627)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:39 PM
Author: laughsome background story house

oh nice! Time Enough for Love is worth reading for the central theme (if medicine can remove aging, how do people find purpose over supernaturally long lifespans?) and kooky narrative. heinlein tends to go over the top with group sex eventually in most of his books, but his young adult novel Citizen of the Galaxy might be the most charming portrayal of the libertarian sort of ethos I've come across.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35655729)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 7:57 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife

Thank!

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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:08 PM
Author: pearl high-end genital piercing

best part of TEfL is the pioneer story in the middle. the last act is SPS.

favorite Heinlein books are Starship Troopers, Glory Road, Farmer in the Sky, Citizen of the Galaxy, Podkayne of Mars

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35656583)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:12 PM
Author: Bistre Demanding Property

Moon is great There’s a great book about robots, time travel and cuckoldry. Forget the title. There’s also a cat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35656620)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:13 PM
Author: Curious corn cake point

Worth reading Stranger in a Strange Land if only to revel in how weird it is. I liked Have Space Suit Will Travel, but the sense of weltschmertz you will get reading it in the Current Year is up there with the Tom Swift books or something.

/// would strongly recc Vernor Vinge & Greg Egan if you haven't read them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35656627)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:04 PM
Author: pearl high-end genital piercing

I don't like Dick much but my wife does

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35656535)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:05 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife

hehe

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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:06 PM
Author: spectacular filthy blood rage cuck



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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:11 PM
Author: Bistre Demanding Property

Do you like the Gateway books?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35656605)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:12 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife

Have not read, and honestly not familiar.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35656614)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:15 PM
Author: Bistre Demanding Property

Fredrick Pohl. One of my favorites. Premise is that an advanced civilization left interstellar technology behind on like asteroids and Venus. Humans are trying to figure out how to use it with a high death rate, which they do because there’s little food or jobs around.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35656650)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:22 PM
Author: Beta Galvanic Boltzmann Whorehouse

i liked ubik a lot, read it a few years ago. i remember thinking it probably should've been twice its length, because it had a lot of room to explore and ended somewhat abruptly.

i really enjoyed a scanner darkly, so much so i've picked up the library of america set of dick's stories and plan to start that after my current book.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35656723)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:24 PM
Author: Curious corn cake point

If you haven't, you should pick up a book of Dick's short stories. Lot of his strongest work in there (e.g. They can remember it for you wholesale, paycheck) though there are a lot of gimmicky ones.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35656750)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:26 PM
Author: razzle buck-toothed trailer park knife

I have this collection. Plan to get to it pretty soon:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Philip_K._Dick_Reader

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35656763)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 8:28 PM
Author: Curious corn cake point

180. Ah I remember the Screamers story - much better than the movie iirc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924840&forum_id=2#35656784)