Title: The Zap Gun
Author: Philip K. Dick
Cover artist: Uncredited
Estimated value: $12-16
- Early desktop RPGs were no joke. If you rolled a Q-bert, you had to self-lobotomize while listening to Rush. Hardcore gamers wore their wrestling unitards 24/7.
- Love the old-school tech: before lobotomy guns went wireless.
- I assume the floating man in the crosshairs is Captain Nosepick's conscience, who is clearly leaving for some interplanetary vacation.
- That nose pose is gonna haunt me. Zap.
- Ooh, the 21st Century! My favorite.
- All these names are great. I can't make fun of them, as they are all very much aware of their own ridiculousness. I'm gonna borrow Lars Powderdry for my internet trolling needs.
- I got this book at the local library book sale. So much junk … and then, bam: gold. God I love the serendipity of book sales.
Page 123~
Lars said somberly, "You're a cog."
~RP
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2 comments:
And I thought my current ENT was a little odd.
PKD fans compare the length of their Dicks. My shelf holds six-feet of Dicks. "Tell Us Everything," first story in my "Very Quirky Tales" collection is a kind of homage to PKD. I really admired how quickly he could pull a reader into to his story and main character. Fabulous writer.
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