Apologies, I had intentionally thought to send to a single user, but hit the whole list inadvertently - i am too stupid to have an email account. Please forgive.
> On Feb 21, 2017, at 3:07 PM, Joshua Case <jwc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well he’s correct in a way - in 1962 Philip K Dick wrote a novel called Man > In The High Tower - several of his books have already been made into movies > and television shows. He was mainly into extremely speculative, futurist > Science-Fiction - Total Recall, Bladerunner, A Scanner Darkly - all from his > pen. > > He dealt heavily with Gnostic ideas, hidden knowledge and spiritual notions > of early christianity, the divine veil - he wrote some very strong material. > There are reports that he had "mental health issues” though who knows what > that means - I don’t know anyone who doesn’t, but he was definitely not a > neo-NAZI, philosophically - you can gather this from his writing, > particularly in his Exegesis > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exegesis_of_Philip_K._Dick> where he > describes his contact with VALIS - Vast Active Living Intelligence System - > he had other things on his mind. > > In short, i think the described proliferation of the alternate histories in > the early 60s, and again now coincide with release and re-release of his > novel - which was inspired by Ward’s novel using the same idea, that the > other side had won the war, with the American Civil War… > > PKD was a great mind and singular poet, his loss is sad for artists. > > Hope you don’t mind me replying personally, don’t want to cause anyone to > splash noise on the list because they feel compelled to disagree with me out > of spite or annoyance or whatever, > > hope you’re well, > JC > > - > > ---- > Joshua Case > jwc...@gmail.com <mailto:jwc...@gmail.com> > > “International tensions. Mounting international tensions. First there were > states of precautionary alert, then there were enhanced readiness centers. > This was followed by maximum arc situational preparedness. We can measure the > gravity of events by tracing the increasingly abstract nature of the > terminology. One more level of vagueness and that could be it." > >> On Feb 21, 2017, at 1:47 AM, Cecilia Tanaka <cecilia.tan...@gmail.com >> <mailto:cecilia.tan...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> SS-GB: why the renewed obsession with alternative Nazi histories? >> >> http://theconversation.com/ss-gb-why-the-renewed-obsession-with-alternative-nazi-histories-73157 >> >> <http://theconversation.com/ss-gb-why-the-renewed-obsession-with-alternative-nazi-histories-73157> >> >> "The Nazis are, once again, a subject of considerable cultural obsession. >> From The Man in the High Castle to the BBC's new adaptation of SS-GB, >> counterfactual Nazi nightmares are very much in vogue. This has happened >> once before, points out Sam Edwards – such alternative histories also >> proliferated in the 1960s. So what's behind their return?" >
