<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post115469529214427395..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115594906788969134</id><published>2006-08-18T20:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T20:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>To C.E. Chaffin...From your description, the book ...</title><summary type='text'>To C.E. Chaffin...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;From your description, the book you&#39;re thinking of is &quot;The Divine Invasion,&quot; which is actually the second book of the trilogy. The third book, however, is &quot;The Transmigration of Timothy Archer.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115594906788969134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115594906788969134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html?showComment=1155949020000#c115594906788969134' title=''/><author><name>Ben</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05900319584639411691</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115469529214427395' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115469529214427395' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2004572478"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115577860219617737</id><published>2006-08-16T21:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-16T21:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I highly recommend &quot;A Scanner Darkly&quot; - having lov...</title><summary type='text'>I highly recommend &quot;A Scanner Darkly&quot; - having loved the book for years, I was prepared for a watered-down version - but apart from a single, unfortunate mis-casting(Woody Harrelson - which we can forgive, since even &quot;The Godfather&quot; had one - Diane Keaton,)I thought the film captured Dick&#39;s ethic almost perfectly. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Alex Grant.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115577860219617737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115577860219617737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html?showComment=1155778560000#c115577860219617737' title=''/><author><name>Alex Grant</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02763702924027642908</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115469529214427395' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115469529214427395' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-580520575"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115479778040178105</id><published>2006-08-05T13:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T13:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A list of PKD titles* = my reading endorsementGath...</title><summary type='text'>A list of PKD titles&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;* = my reading endorsement&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Gather Yourselves Together   &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Voices From the Street &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Vulcan&#39;s Hammer&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Dr. Futurity  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Cosmic Puppets     &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Solar Lottery     &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mary and the Giant&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The World Jones Made      &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Eye in the Sky      &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Man Who Japed     &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A Time for </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115479778040178105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115479778040178105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html?showComment=1154797740000#c115479778040178105' title=''/><author><name>chris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11068391526111662520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115469529214427395' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115469529214427395' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1320777018"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115475386751479356</id><published>2006-08-05T00:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T00:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I most admire Dick for the third book of his V.A.L...</title><summary type='text'>I most admire Dick for the third book of his V.A.L.I.S. series  (whose name escapes me).  In it he imagines the mind of God in the body of a man for whom self-recognition is the path to godhood but he must recognize his reflection, the feminine part of himself--anyway, how Dick imagined the mind of Christ I find simply astounding, one of the greatest feats in fiction, damn the style.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115475386751479356'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115475386751479356'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html?showComment=1154753820000#c115475386751479356' title=''/><author><name>C. E. Chaffin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02639448512282317750</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115469529214427395' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115469529214427395' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1172652492"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115473515729421648</id><published>2006-08-04T19:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-04T19:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I have not yet made it to A Scanner Darkly. It was...</title><summary type='text'>I have not yet made it to &lt;B&gt;A Scanner Darkly&lt;/B&gt;. It wasn&#39;t out when we were in California &amp; had come &amp; gone by the time we got back to Philly. Going to have to wait for Netflix, I guess.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;B&gt;Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said&lt;/B&gt; is one of my favorite Dick books and my favorite title -- of anything, by anyone -- ever.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Of course not everyone loves Dick equally. Samuel R Delany, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115473515729421648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115473515729421648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html?showComment=1154735100000#c115473515729421648' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115469529214427395' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115469529214427395' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115472526307590180</id><published>2006-08-04T17:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-04T17:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I laughed while reading through your synopses beca...</title><summary type='text'>I laughed while reading through your synopses because they reminded me of Kilgore Trout stories.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My favorite Dick novel (though I admittedly haven&#39;t read even most of his oeuvre) is &lt;I&gt;Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said&lt;/I&gt;. It&#39;s one of his most direct confrontations with his favorite theme: identity and insanity -- or two of his favorite themes: identity, insanity and (drug-)altered </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115472526307590180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115472526307590180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html?showComment=1154725260000#c115472526307590180' title=''/><author><name>herecreepwretch</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17272963914395844143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115469529214427395' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115469529214427395' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1155573158"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115472482695020716</id><published>2006-08-04T16:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-04T16:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,Have you made it to see A Scanner Darkly yet?</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Have you made it to see &lt;I&gt;A Scanner Darkly&lt;/I&gt; yet?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115472482695020716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115472482695020716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html?showComment=1154724780000#c115472482695020716' title=''/><author><name>onkyo</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07221899144619191755</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115469529214427395' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115469529214427395' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-756924369"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115471477969523513</id><published>2006-08-04T14:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-04T14:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, you brought up the cinematic adaptations of D...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, you brought up the cinematic adaptations of Dick&#39;s works, so I was hoping you might discuss the most recent adaptation, &quot;A Scanner Darkly&quot;. I would be curious to hear your opinions. &lt;BR/&gt;     Judged by its place in Dick&#39;s career and the rather straightforward storyline, the novel is not typical of Dick&#39;s novels. The simple plot and the heartbreaking pathos might be what allow it--unlike </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115471477969523513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115469529214427395/comments/default/115471477969523513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html?showComment=1154714760000#c115471477969523513' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Dillon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175884937968045605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/it-was-fred-jameson-stephen-colbert-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115469529214427395' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115469529214427395' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 04, 2006"/></entry></feed>