[HN Gopher] The Eyes Have It, by Philip K. Dick (1953) ___________________________________________________________________ The Eyes Have It, by Philip K. Dick (1953) Author : Kye Score : 38 points Date : 2023-11-23 21:24 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.gutenberg.org) (TXT) w3m dump (www.gutenberg.org) | robin_reala wrote: | This is in the PD due to the vagaries of US copyright renewal at | the time, and was commonplace for pulp sci-fi. | | Standard Ebooks has a nice and free PKD compilation of all of the | stuff that Gutenberg has if you're looking for an ebook version: | https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/philip-k-dick/short-fictio... | Kye wrote: | That might be where I originally read it. It stuck with me over | the years because it's exactly the sort of silly thing I would | write. | jacquesm wrote: | Dear sir, your package has arrived in good order. When I asked | for your daughters hand I meant so figuratively, not literally. | Yours truly, A. Suitor. | sctb wrote: | I'm amazed by how bright-eyed the prose style is here compared to | Dick's later works, not to mention the gimmick! There's nothing | like a few decades of literary failure to stamp out the pesky | flame of exuberance and enable some really great writing. | reqo wrote: | "The eyes chico, they never lie" | Trasmatta wrote: | I'm a simple man, I see a PKD post, I upvote and comment. My | favorite author. | | Highly recommend the biography Divine Invasions. He was such a | fascinating (and troubled) person. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-11-23 23:00 UTC)