The Novel

Surreal Fish · Mar 23, 2002, 10:57 PM

The book was way better than the movie...WAY BETTER...and i think it all was just implanted memories...

Ender · Apr 29, 2002, 07:57 AM

um, if i recall, there was no book; it was a short story in a collection, one of those sci-fie collections, or nebula award things. unless a full novel ws written after or for the movie and based on the short story.
at leat the story i read was not as good as the movie.

SF_not_Sci-Fi · Apr 29, 2002, 07:36 PM

It was a Philip K. Dic.k story called 'we'll sell you your memories wholesale' or something of that sort. I have yet to read it. In fact, I have yet to enjoy most of Dic.k's stuff. No imature comments please

I have only read a short story (can't remember the name but it is a psychological bit about a frozen space travelar's mental degeneration... ah its called Frozen Journy! quite a good piece.) and the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? I enjoyed both.

May 11, 2002, 04:12 PM

Hi ! The actual title of the short story (not novel) is "We can remember it for you wholesale". It's featured in several **** anthologies, thanks to Arnold, I suppose.

Read it ! Read other P.K. **** texts ! They contain ten times what any SF movie can give you. That might be because they're not about SF at all... But that's just an opinion.

Enjoy !

SF_not_Sci-Fi · May 11, 2002, 09:16 PM

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Originally posted by Unregistered
Read it ! Read other P.K. **** texts ! They contain ten times what any SF movie can give you. That might be because they're not about SF at all... But that's just an opinion.

Enjoy !

And that adresses a whole 'nother issiue... PKD is one of about three popular SF writers who seem to have sucsessfully escaped the 'SF writer' label. SF is widely belived to be 'genre fiction' like murder mysteries and thus the scum of the literary world. Not real litereture at all. Now we all know that this is utter nonsese, and that the quality of the later Asimov's prose, and the depth of his charcterization rilvels that of any 'literary' writer. Heinlein's Starship Troopers is a supurb military coming-of-age novel as well as an SF masterpiece.

But some SF writers are just considered too 'literary' (good) by certain critics (self-rightious snobs) and thus their work cannot possibly be SF! Vonnegut has for example always avoided the 'SF writer' label like the plauge, since that would limit his market to SF magazines, a reader-base he has never striven to atain.

Ender · May 18, 2002, 02:33 PM

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Originally posted by Unregistered
Hi ! The actual title of the short story (not novel) is "We can remember it for you wholesale". It's featured in several anthologies, thanks to Arnold, I suppose.

Finelly found it. i knew i read it. i have the original anthology; "nebula award stories number two" from 1967. story written in 1966.

Gildamere · Dec 23, 2002, 05:55 PM

There is actually a nevelization of the movie, called "Total Recall" and it is written by Phillip Kerr. The book gives a lot of background information on the aliens that built the Mars ruins. I have never read ****'s short story, but I liked the novelization just as much as the original movie.

NinjaMonkey · Dec 23, 2002, 06:02 PM

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Originally posted by Gildamere
There is actually a nevelization of the movie, called "Total Recall" and it is written by Phillip Kerr. The book gives a lot of background information on the aliens that built the Mars ruins. I have never read ****'s short story, but I liked the novelization just as much as the original movie.

There's also a book called "Total Recall" by Piers Anthony that was adapted from "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale". I don't think it was a novelization of the movie, but the work the movie was based on.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

I never read it. Several friends at my high school recommended Piers Anthony to me. When I finally got around to reading one of his series, it turned out to be nothing more than a sci fi themed porno. I've never picked up another book of his since.

Gildamere · Dec 23, 2002, 06:06 PM

Ooops, sorry, I meant Piers Anthony. My mistake. Won't happen again.

Phlub · Dec 25, 2002, 09:20 PM

Attn: Ninja Monkey: Just in case you didn't know "We can remember it for you wholesale" was the original version and birthplace of Total Recall and was originally written by Philip K. Dlck.

Gildamere · Dec 26, 2002, 04:35 PM

Piers Anthony's "Total Recall" is in fact the novelization of the movie (with a few added details regarding the aliens on Mars). I can remember the book hitting the stores. It was well after Total Recall premiered.

Phlub · Dec 26, 2002, 11:36 PM

Yes, but see every major movie usually is followed by a novelization of it.

Mar 23, 2002, 10:57 PM	#1
Surreal Fish Pilot 19 flights since Mar 2002 Location: A sea of clock gears	Re: The Novel The book was way better than the movie...WAY BETTER...and i think it all was just implanted memories...

Apr 29, 2002, 07:57 AM	#2
Ender Wing Commander 305 flights since Apr 2002 Location: Israel	book? um, if i recall, there was no book; it was a short story in a collection, one of those sci-fie collections, or nebula award things. unless a full novel ws written after or for the movie and based on the short story. at leat the story i read was not as good as the movie.

Apr 29, 2002, 07:36 PM	#3
SF_not_Sci-Fi Hellblazer 2,876 flights since Nov 2001	Re: The Novel It was a Philip K. Dic.k story called 'we'll sell you your memories wholesale' or something of that sort. I have yet to read it. In fact, I have yet to enjoy most of Dic.k's stuff. No imature comments please I have only read a short story (can't remember the name but it is a psychological bit about a frozen space travelar's mental degeneration... ah its called Frozen Journy! quite a good piece.) and the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? I enjoyed both.

May 11, 2002, 04:12 PM	#4
Unregistered n/a flights since	**'s title Hi ! The actual title of the short story (not novel) is "We can remember it for you wholesale". It's featured in several anthologies, thanks to Arnold, I suppose. Read it ! Read other P.K. ** texts ! They contain ten times what any SF movie can give you. That might be because they're not about SF at all... But that's just an opinion. Enjoy !

Dec 23, 2002, 05:55 PM	#7
Gildamere Wing Commander 192 flights since Dec 2002 Location: Oldenburg	Re: The Novel There is actually a nevelization of the movie, called "Total Recall" and it is written by Phillip Kerr. The book gives a lot of background information on the aliens that built the Mars ruins. I have never read ****'s short story, but I liked the novelization just as much as the original movie.

Dec 23, 2002, 06:06 PM	#9
Gildamere Wing Commander 192 flights since Dec 2002 Location: Oldenburg	Re: The Novel Ooops, sorry, I meant Piers Anthony. My mistake. Won't happen again.

Dec 25, 2002, 09:20 PM	#10
Phlub The Head Hunter 2,284 flights since Mar 2001 Location: Wisconsin	Re: The Novel *Attn: Ninja Monkey:* Just in case you didn't know "We can remember it for you wholesale" was the original version and birthplace of Total Recall and was originally written by Philip K. Dlck.

Dec 26, 2002, 04:35 PM	#11
Gildamere Wing Commander 192 flights since Dec 2002 Location: Oldenburg	Re: The Novel Piers Anthony's "Total Recall" is in fact the novelization of the movie (with a few added details regarding the aliens on Mars). I can remember the book hitting the stores. It was well after Total Recall premiered.

Dec 26, 2002, 11:36 PM	#12
Phlub The Head Hunter 2,284 flights since Mar 2001 Location: Wisconsin	Re: The Novel Yes, but see every major movie usually is followed by a novelization of it.

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