Deliciously impractical. I would love to read a sci-fi story where this was actually some kind of shared public transit:
Read more at Commutapult.org, where they are trying to get the idea, ahem, off the ground.
Looking back at Philip K. Dick
The other day, casting about for something to read, Amy picked up “The Man In The High Castle” from my bookshelf. As she started getting into it, I grabbed a copy of “Flow My Tears The Policeman Said” and for a few days, we were both engrossed in (very different) Philip K. Dick worlds.
I was really impressed with “Flow My Tears”, which I hadn’t read for a long, long time and didn’t remember very well. And now I’m looking forward to rereading “The Man In The High Castle.”
But in one of those serendipitous ways that life just treats you right, sometimes, I first came across something else.
Philip K. Dick died 28 years ago this month (March 2, 1982) and the L.A. Times points me to a six-part series that explores Dick’s last years, in Orange County.
I’ve just started reading it, but it’s really good.
Could the ‘red dust’ in Sydney be viral marketing?
Everyone’s talking about the massive storm of red dust that blanketed part of Australia today, but no one’s mentioned the obvious connection: Red Dust will protect us from the Visitors!
How can it possibly be “just a coincidence” that V is coming back this season?