> Of course, I always get the impression that PKD wrote his books half-straight and half tripping on LSD (which, actually, probably isn't far from the truth) so you may not like his fiction because of the way it warps your sense of reality.

Yeah, but that's why I read books. I want them to take me away from what's real. That's why I will never read John Grisham, and although I'm reading Watchers by Koontz right now, I won't ever read most of his works because they're based too much around reality. I need stuff like Watchers has. A HIGHLY intelligent dog and a HIGHLY intelligent war-beast. HOPEFULLY will never happen, so I love it!

With OSC, I like it because it takes me out of this world. Now, I will admit that I didn't like Shadow of the Hegemon and Shadow Puppets as much as Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, because they took place on earth instead of in space. That's what gets me into books. Lord of the Rings are my favorite books and have been since the 9th grade, and The Hobbit since the 6th. I must read some of PKD's books now. I just finished Taken, it's based on the Sci-Fi channel mini-series type deal. I now need to make a trip to the bookstore. G'day!

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