John Cowan quoting Vincent Manis: > > in a Philip K Dick story who discovers that not only is the universe > > unreal, but so too is the character him/herself. > > If he's not real, how can he know if the universe is real or not?
In P K Dick novels such as "The Man in the High Castle" and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", the character does not *know* his universe is real or unreal. What matters is that the character begins to *doubt* whether his previous assumptions about reality and his identity are true. For Dick characters, that feeling is usually set aside (but not resolved) under pressure of urgent new events. For Dick readers, however, the feeling may persist. Will _______________________________________________ r6rs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.r6rs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/r6rs-discuss
