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Old 10-31-2009, 02:40 PM   #33
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Deus Irae. It should have been a masterpiece, coming from two amazing authors, Zelazny and PK Dick. It wasn't garbage but I did not enjoy my first reading years ago, nor my second reading recently. Probably just me. I give up, lol.
"should have been a masterpiece"?

Given the very disparate authors Dick and Zelazny were, a collaboration between them counts for me as a "What was the person who conceived this idea thinking? event. Amazing to me it was readable at all.

Roger talked a bit about the collaboration back when, and as I recall his description, the process was rather surreal. No surprise. Dick's underlying theme was always "How do you know what's real?" and dealt with the vague boundaries between reality and fantasy. They gained power from the fact that Dick didn't always know where the line was or which side he was on.
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