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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Total recall (1990) was better than the book it was based on IMO.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It wasn't even a book, more a sketch, a joke even. A lot (most?) of the adaptations of PKD's writing are better than the original. And yet, the core concepts, about the nature of humanity and reality, break through and inspire some truly great work.