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Which PK Dick story are we living in today?

Cory Doctorow at 12:50 am Wed, Mar 28, 2007

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"Palmer Eldritch" is the pseudonym of a blogger who runs a regular feature called "Which Philip K Dick Story Are We In Today?" in which he connects the day's headlines to classic PKD stories:

Vulcan's Hammer - "Just like in the real world it can take 20 to 30 thousand generations before the system finds the perfect design to solve the problem, but this will happen in just a few seconds..."

Sales Pitch - "But there is something incredibly boring and sad about giant companies who constantly chase the fleeing tailcoats of the latest Internet trends."

A Scanner Darkly - "The state tells its people that the cameras are there for their benefit and to prevent crime, but the crime they are preventing is insurrection."

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said - "The way in which the list is being used goes far beyond contexts in which it has a link to national security."

Solar Lottery - "These 3D models would be physical entities, not holograms. You could touch them and interact with them, just as if the originals were in the room with you. "

The Simulacra - "In order to prove to us you are not a robot, select the three hot people..."
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I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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