[HN Gopher] The Eyes Have It, by Philip K. Dick (1953)
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       The Eyes Have It, by Philip K. Dick (1953)
        
       Author : Kye
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2023-11-23 21:24 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | 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.
        
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