Yes, I know Media Death Cult posted a review of 'Dr Bloodmoney' last night, didn't see it until the morning after, synchronicity. Great minds think alike and all that. I intended to stream this from Tuesday, it was already scheduled and finished last week and as this is a small channel, I don't feel it will harm MDCs views much-2K already, well done, Moid.
Ordered this book last week, now two excellent reviews. Looking forward to reading soon! Also ordered Penguin Science Fiction Postcards as seen on the right of your frame.
@@outlawbookselleroriginal Way back, probably about 1985, I read Man in the High Castle. Don’t remember much other than it being an alternate history. Now I’ve collected Man in the High Castle, Ubik, Dr. Bloodmoney and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. I’m thinking about reading Dr. Bloodmoney first for one reason, it was published in 1963. I’ve read 5 books in the last few months published in 1963 and want to do a video with a top three for sixty-three. I was born in January of 1963. I think that makes me your contemporary.
@@vintagesf Yes, you are four months older than me, so contemporaries we are, would have been in the same year at school. 'Bloodmoney' was published in 1965, though, Dick's only book in '63 was the fairly minor 'Game-Players of Titan' - he wrote 'Bloodmoney' and about 6 other novels (!) in 63, but they took several years to appear. It's a good idea though, Graham and I have talked about this concept for months and Bob and I have one planned for later this year, go for it.
@@outlawbookselleroriginal Well I guess Cat’s Cradle by Vonnegut is next. 😖 Led astray by Wikipedia’s SF novels list for 1963. No matter, happy to have and eventually read Dr Bloodmoney. Love to watch a video with the three of you discussing novels by year. Your breadth of reading and knowledge would be unmatched. Do you know if Dorset Bob has Ace paperbacks from the 60s and 70s. Intend to drop him an email.
Just finished reading this. What a trip. PKD is becoming one of my favorite authors. There’s so much meaning to each of his works. Great video. Subscribed my friend.
Thanks very much. What's amazing is that so much of PKDs work is of high quality- he only wrote 3-4 dud novels. How many orher writers who lived such short lives, who were so prolific, could say the same?
@@outlawbookselleroriginal not many. The ideas were ahead of his time too. Thoughts on Clans of the Alphane Moon? One of the few duds or a good one worth reading?
Dr. Bloodmoney has long been one of my favorite Science Fiction novels. It was great to listen to a true PKD scholar who recognizes the importance of his work. It is interesting that Dick was writing about the decline of culture and now after so many years of being almost unknown, he has become a part of our culture, through his books and the movie adaptations.
Thanks for your comment. Yes, it is interesting to look at that aspect of the work- and Bonnie Keller's immersion into Germanic culture after she gets to know Bloodmoney is a small point that can be interpreted many ways, typical of Dick's genius. But what irony, that he comes to the majority through a feature film adaptation rather than directly- but more have read him since this, which is a good, good thing.
You're very kind. There are a number of other PKD videos on my channel, one on how to read the Valis trilogy, one on his mainstream novels, 2 about collecting the books and a review/analysis of 'Our Friends From Frolix 8', an underrated gem. There is a PKD playlist on the channel. I've been reading him since 1976...
I’ve finally found someone I can stand to hear talk about my favorite author of all time. I would love if you could do a video about “The Owl in Daylight,” but more the ideas from his original manuscript than the novel published by Tessa Dick, but I’ve never read that anyway and don’t know how it is. Good stuff!!
Agree there are a lot of poor PKD videos out there, generally by those who are not immersed enough in the man's huge ouevre. As 'The Owl In Daylight' was never written, I've not approached Tessa's book, guess I should. Thanks for your kind praise, I'm touched.
I continue to be blown away by your acumen, OB. It's daunting, really. I thought I had a good head on my shoulders but, crikey, you are a force. Shameless patronization aside, I really enjoyed this dissertation on PKD insofar as I am encouraged that my original, naive recognition of him as a major and rare force in the SF genre back in the day when I perused his catalogue, was intuitively on the mark. So, I've got THAT going for me. On the Dr. Bloodmoney story, am I to understand it came out after Kubrick's Strangelove or vice versa (which makes more sense to me)? Can't get enough of this YT channel, it is the treasure trove that keeps on giving, the goose that lays golden eggs. Cheers.
It appeared afterwards- as I say, an unusual example in its time of a book title referencing a film. As ever, Rick, you're very kind. I am working on more of the same....
That was very interesting. Thank you. I was compelled to dig up my unread copy of Dr Bloodmoney and move it up my TBR. Maybe you'll do Clans Of The Alphane Moon sometimes.. Cheers, 7
I’m currently reading Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said for a PKD book club that just started locally. At first I was dubious but once it dived into Jason’s conversations around having children and drug usage, it really grabbed me. I’ll have to try to get the group to read this one next (I’m severely underread on Dick, so it’s all new to me, Man in The High Castle and Three Stigmata notwithstanding)
Really enjoyed Dr Bloodmoney, even more than I expected. It's up there in my favourite PKD books. I hadn't actually heard of it until i bought it the other year, so i wasn't sure how popular it was with everyone. Nice to hear your insights and take on it.
Yes, it's an excellent book but in some ways rather untypical - you could say books like 'Stigmata' and 'Ubik' are of a piece, but that's the thing with PKD, his seemingly chaotic life and fortunes produced wild angles of attack, recursion and digression and we are all the richer for it.
Excellent review and interesting timing. I just read Dr. Bloodmoney for the first time a couple of weeks ago and found it very compelling and thought provoking. I've been working through some of the PKD books that I haven't read and enjoyed it more than Galactic Pot-Healer which I finished a few days ago. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy Galactic, but Bloodmoney definitely resonated with more. I haven't decided which PKD to read next, but I'm also been on a Cormac McCarthy kick recently and need to finish up Cities on the Plain and Child of God before jumping back into PKD's pool. Keep up the good work, I've really been enjoying your channel which has really helped my TBR list.
I think if you watch my Top Ten Conceptual Breakthrough video in the 'Elements of SF' series- it's the first episode, there's a playlist for it on the channel, then think about what your expectations for Joe Fernwright's attempt to create art at the climax of 'Galactic' and how this manifests in the final word of the text, you'll understand my keenness on this book- but it is, admittedly, more fabular and playful than works like 'Bloodmoney'. Glad you're enjoying the channel, thanks for your kind comments.
@@outlawbookselleroriginal - The ending of the book was the best part for me and had me chuckling, but I wasn't really surprised with Joe's result. I would have have been shocked and very disappointed if Joe's result was the opposite given his background as a technical expert as a repairer rather than a creator. It really wasn't the "table flip" a la The Man in the High Castle which really knocked me for six and left me reeling. I will probably read Pot-Healer again at some point in the future as the PKD's themes on modernity, alienation and precognition are compelling. I might be crazy, but as I reflect back on this story, I am finding some parallels to Faust which did not occur at all to me while reading it. I think another bite of the apple is in order.
@@kkchome I think you're right about the Faust thing, Dick as a typically literate Berkeley intellectual would have incorporated this into his thinking- and the Faust idea is pretty central to SF as a default, I think. Yes, it's not as breathtaking as the moment as when Juliana walks out of Abdensen's house and realises that what he's told her is literally true and she realises she is merely a character in....oops, spoiler alert for those who might read this but haven't read the book, but you'll get it. 'Galactic' was the first adult novel I read in one sitting and that last word, undermining expectations, to me shows what SF should aim for- a conceptual breakthrough, after which the reader is never the same.
Talking of synchronicity a copy of dr blood money came through my door a couple of days ago along with maze of death counter clock world and time out of joint I had also ordered some van Vogt who you mentioned . Is it better to read time out of joint or confession’s of a crap artist first? Trying it read all p k d . Great episode liked moid,s as well Lol 👍🏻
I enjoyed Moid's take on it, anyone who likes PKD is good with me. I'd read 'Time Out of Joint' before 'Crap Artist', even though they were written the other way around- you'll find the differences/similarities fascinating.
@@outlawbookselleroriginal thanks I will try time out first !just reading chocky and picked up some Ballard and priests indoctrinaire. Looking forward those as well.
Excellent - really interesting. By the way, Dick and Jane are buried in Fort Morgan, Colorado. I've been to visit their grave. Fans the world over have left all kinds of trinkets there relevant to his stories.
Thanks, my bad. You're right of course- a friend of mine, Ben Stavely-Taylor of Kerosina books visited the grave in the mid nineties, took a snapshot of it, glued it to a postcard and mailed it to me- I am hoping to visit 2 friends in different parts of that state in 2025, maybe I'll make the pilgrimage - thanks for correcting me, one naturally links PKD to Cali.
@@outlawbookselleroriginal Yes, so much of Dick's life relates to California that it's an easy mistake to make. It sounds like you knew all along (and it was just a slip of the tongue) - what with Ben's postcard. Either way, this video displays more knowledge about Dick than the average Dick reader. I also appreciate your analysis of the books themselves. Dr Bloodmoney is something of an overlooked gem and I welcome your bringing it to people's attention.
@@PaliGap1 -I tend to work from memory and improvise rather than confirm my research, which is a bad habit- I'm usually correct in my facts about 995 of the time. Old age = lapses into amnesia!
Most certainly. M John Harrison is another, cats get mentions in his SF trilogy and his latest work and he co-wrote a pseudonymous anthropomorphic fantasy series with cats as characters as well. More feline-fixated fictioneers will probably pop into my head soon...
I think it may be - the Severn House hardcover comes much later, mid 1980s, so that's a first thus. I'd say at a guess that the Fontana is the First, I don't think the DAW one was distributed over here- all three are uncommon.
I have never read anything from PKD. Now I got do androids dream of electric sheep, ubik, now wait for last year and martain time slip in a sale for two bucks each. Which one would you recommend me to start first?
There are at least sixteen or seventeen species of Penguin, so please elaborate. There is a fossil penguin that was six feet tall in life, luckily for us now extinct.
"Dr Bloodmoney is the only novel by him that features an astronaut character, despite the fact that he often wrote novels and pieces featuring planetary colonisation. Disillusionment with space travel and the frontier of new age colonialism, seems to have set-in long ago in his imagined reality, as we've seen in novels like "Martian Time-Slip" and "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch", and astronauts as heroes appear to have been forgotten along with the disenchantment of space exploration. The dream of settling Mars as a new frontier seems to be very unlikely to ever happen again in "Dr Bloodmoney" though. Everything seems regressive. Hoppy Harrington is similar to Manfred Steiner in "Martian Time-Slip". Both can see into the future and are impaired in some way. Along with Eddie and Bill Kellor, the theme of strange, dangerous or powerful children, seems important in these early 1960s novels. Hoppy Harrington is to be feared of course, and it's significant that only somebody as powerful as him, can stop him from becoming all-powerful. It's splatter-dash prose is stark and quirky, suiting the mood of the novel I think. It's one of his best.
It is one of his most interesting novels and in some ways unique in his oeuvre, despite links to other novels, I agree. I enjoyed re-reading it after a very long time. "Martian Time-Slip" was my second PKD back in the late seventies and have read it quite a few times, a true masterpiece.
Yes, I know Media Death Cult posted a review of 'Dr Bloodmoney' last night, didn't see it until the morning after, synchronicity. Great minds think alike and all that. I intended to stream this from Tuesday, it was already scheduled and finished last week and as this is a small channel, I don't feel it will harm MDCs views much-2K already, well done, Moid.
Ordered this book last week, now two excellent reviews. Looking forward to reading soon! Also ordered Penguin Science Fiction Postcards as seen on the right of your frame.
@@vintagesf -Yes, that postcard box is really nice, have many of the books it includes too of course! Will this be your first PKD book?
@@outlawbookselleroriginal Way back, probably about 1985, I read Man in the High Castle. Don’t remember much other than it being an alternate history. Now I’ve collected Man in the High Castle, Ubik, Dr. Bloodmoney and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. I’m thinking about reading Dr. Bloodmoney first for one reason, it was published in 1963. I’ve read 5 books in the last few months published in 1963 and want to do a video with a top three for sixty-three. I was born in January of 1963. I think that makes me your contemporary.
@@vintagesf Yes, you are four months older than me, so contemporaries we are, would have been in the same year at school. 'Bloodmoney' was published in 1965, though, Dick's only book in '63 was the fairly minor 'Game-Players of Titan' - he wrote 'Bloodmoney' and about 6 other novels (!) in 63, but they took several years to appear. It's a good idea though, Graham and I have talked about this concept for months and Bob and I have one planned for later this year, go for it.
@@outlawbookselleroriginal Well I guess Cat’s Cradle by Vonnegut is next. 😖 Led astray by Wikipedia’s SF novels list for 1963. No matter, happy to have and eventually read Dr Bloodmoney. Love to watch a video with the three of you discussing novels by year. Your breadth of reading and knowledge would be unmatched. Do you know if Dorset Bob has Ace paperbacks from the 60s and 70s. Intend to drop him an email.
Just finished reading this. What a trip. PKD is becoming one of my favorite authors. There’s so much meaning to each of his works. Great video. Subscribed my friend.
Thanks very much. What's amazing is that so much of PKDs work is of high quality- he only wrote 3-4 dud novels. How many orher writers who lived such short lives, who were so prolific, could say the same?
@@outlawbookselleroriginal not many. The ideas were ahead of his time too. Thoughts on Clans of the Alphane Moon? One of the few duds or a good one worth reading?
@@jaya5264 I have mentioned it briefly on the channel somewhere. It's an excellent book, very funny and inventive.
@@outlawbookselleroriginal I’ll read it next week then. Thank you.
Dr. Bloodmoney has long been one of my favorite Science Fiction novels. It was great to listen to a true PKD scholar who recognizes the importance of his work. It is interesting that Dick was writing about the decline of culture and now after so many years of being almost unknown, he has become a part of our culture, through his books and the movie adaptations.
Thanks for your comment. Yes, it is interesting to look at that aspect of the work- and Bonnie Keller's immersion into Germanic culture after she gets to know Bloodmoney is a small point that can be interpreted many ways, typical of Dick's genius. But what irony, that he comes to the majority through a feature film adaptation rather than directly- but more have read him since this, which is a good, good thing.
OMG what a fantastic video, never heard anyone discuss PKD in such detail with such passion before. Those 27 minutes flew by very quickly 😍
You're very kind. There are a number of other PKD videos on my channel, one on how to read the Valis trilogy, one on his mainstream novels, 2 about collecting the books and a review/analysis of 'Our Friends From Frolix 8', an underrated gem. There is a PKD playlist on the channel. I've been reading him since 1976...
@@outlawbookselleroriginal Oh yes, I'm working my way through your PKD videos! Plenty of great looking videos of all sorts to get through.
I’ve finally found someone I can stand to hear talk about my favorite author of all time. I would love if you could do a video about “The Owl in Daylight,” but more the ideas from his original manuscript than the novel published by Tessa Dick, but I’ve never read that anyway and don’t know how it is. Good stuff!!
Agree there are a lot of poor PKD videos out there, generally by those who are not immersed enough in the man's huge ouevre. As 'The Owl In Daylight' was never written, I've not approached Tessa's book, guess I should. Thanks for your kind praise, I'm touched.
I continue to be blown away by your acumen, OB. It's daunting, really. I thought I had a good head on my shoulders but, crikey, you are a force. Shameless patronization aside, I really enjoyed this dissertation on PKD insofar as I am encouraged that my original, naive recognition of him as a major and rare force in the SF genre back in the day when I perused his catalogue, was intuitively on the mark. So, I've got THAT going for me. On the Dr. Bloodmoney story, am I to understand it came out after Kubrick's Strangelove or vice versa (which makes more sense to me)? Can't get enough of this YT channel, it is the treasure trove that keeps on giving, the goose that lays golden eggs. Cheers.
It appeared afterwards- as I say, an unusual example in its time of a book title referencing a film. As ever, Rick, you're very kind. I am working on more of the same....
Just found your channel. A lot of authors I’ve never heard of and can’t wait to check out! Thank you for the knowledge sir.
You're very kind. Plenty to watch here.
That was very interesting. Thank you.
I was compelled to dig up my unread copy of Dr Bloodmoney and move it up my TBR.
Maybe you'll do Clans Of The Alphane Moon sometimes..
Cheers, 7
You should move it up, good book. I will do 'Clans', as I really love it, good suggestion! Thank you too.
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I’m currently reading Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said for a PKD book club that just started locally. At first I was dubious but once it dived into Jason’s conversations around having children and drug usage, it really grabbed me. I’ll have to try to get the group to read this one next (I’m severely underread on Dick, so it’s all new to me, Man in The High Castle and Three Stigmata notwithstanding)
'Flow' is a great book. I talk about it a little in a video that I'll post in around 10-14 days, my next episode of 'Collector's Diary'.
Really enjoyed Dr Bloodmoney, even more than I expected. It's up there in my favourite PKD books. I hadn't actually heard of it until i bought it the other year, so i wasn't sure how popular it was with everyone. Nice to hear your insights and take on it.
Yes, it's an excellent book but in some ways rather untypical - you could say books like 'Stigmata' and 'Ubik' are of a piece, but that's the thing with PKD, his seemingly chaotic life and fortunes produced wild angles of attack, recursion and digression and we are all the richer for it.
Excellent review and interesting timing. I just read Dr. Bloodmoney for the first time a couple of weeks ago and found it very compelling and thought provoking. I've been working through some of the PKD books that I haven't read and enjoyed it more than Galactic Pot-Healer which I finished a few days ago. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy Galactic, but Bloodmoney definitely resonated with more. I haven't decided which PKD to read next, but I'm also been on a Cormac McCarthy kick recently and need to finish up Cities on the Plain and Child of God before jumping back into PKD's pool. Keep up the good work, I've really been enjoying your channel which has really helped my TBR list.
I think if you watch my Top Ten Conceptual Breakthrough video in the 'Elements of SF' series- it's the first episode, there's a playlist for it on the channel, then think about what your expectations for Joe Fernwright's attempt to create art at the climax of 'Galactic' and how this manifests in the final word of the text, you'll understand my keenness on this book- but it is, admittedly, more fabular and playful than works like 'Bloodmoney'. Glad you're enjoying the channel, thanks for your kind comments.
@@outlawbookselleroriginal - The ending of the book was the best part for me and had me chuckling, but I wasn't really surprised with Joe's result. I would have have been shocked and very disappointed if Joe's result was the opposite given his background as a technical expert as a repairer rather than a creator. It really wasn't the "table flip" a la The Man in the High Castle which really knocked me for six and left me reeling. I will probably read Pot-Healer again at some point in the future as the PKD's themes on modernity, alienation and precognition are compelling. I might be crazy, but as I reflect back on this story, I am finding some parallels to Faust which did not occur at all to me while reading it. I think another bite of the apple is in order.
@@kkchome I think you're right about the Faust thing, Dick as a typically literate Berkeley intellectual would have incorporated this into his thinking- and the Faust idea is pretty central to SF as a default, I think. Yes, it's not as breathtaking as the moment as when Juliana walks out of Abdensen's house and realises that what he's told her is literally true and she realises she is merely a character in....oops, spoiler alert for those who might read this but haven't read the book, but you'll get it. 'Galactic' was the first adult novel I read in one sitting and that last word, undermining expectations, to me shows what SF should aim for- a conceptual breakthrough, after which the reader is never the same.
Talking of synchronicity a copy of dr blood money came through my door a couple of days ago along with maze of death counter clock world and time out of joint I had also ordered some van Vogt who you mentioned . Is it better to read time out of joint or confession’s of a crap artist first? Trying it read all p k d . Great episode liked moid,s as well Lol 👍🏻
I enjoyed Moid's take on it, anyone who likes PKD is good with me. I'd read 'Time Out of Joint' before 'Crap Artist', even though they were written the other way around- you'll find the differences/similarities fascinating.
@@outlawbookselleroriginal thanks I will try time out first !just reading chocky and picked up some Ballard and priests indoctrinaire. Looking forward those as well.
Great series.
Thanks!
Excellent - really interesting. By the way, Dick and Jane are buried in Fort Morgan, Colorado. I've been to visit their grave. Fans the world over have left all kinds of trinkets there relevant to his stories.
Thanks, my bad. You're right of course- a friend of mine, Ben Stavely-Taylor of Kerosina books visited the grave in the mid nineties, took a snapshot of it, glued it to a postcard and mailed it to me- I am hoping to visit 2 friends in different parts of that state in 2025, maybe I'll make the pilgrimage - thanks for correcting me, one naturally links PKD to Cali.
@@outlawbookselleroriginal Yes, so much of Dick's life relates to California that it's an easy mistake to make. It sounds like you knew all along (and it was just a slip of the tongue) - what with Ben's postcard. Either way, this video displays more knowledge about Dick than the average Dick reader. I also appreciate your analysis of the books themselves. Dr Bloodmoney is something of an overlooked gem and I welcome your bringing it to people's attention.
@@PaliGap1 -I tend to work from memory and improvise rather than confirm my research, which is a bad habit- I'm usually correct in my facts about 995 of the time. Old age = lapses into amnesia!
I never knew Dick wrote a Kubrick homage. 😮
Well, it's a small aspect of the book but not insignificant, I feel.
What is it about SF writers and their cats?! Robert A Heinlein, Cordwainer Smith and now PKD. Bet there are a lot more.
Most certainly. M John Harrison is another, cats get mentions in his SF trilogy and his latest work and he co-wrote a pseudonymous anthropomorphic fantasy series with cats as characters as well. More feline-fixated fictioneers will probably pop into my head soon...
Isn't the Fontana PB of We Can Build You the UK 1st?
I think it may be - the Severn House hardcover comes much later, mid 1980s, so that's a first thus. I'd say at a guess that the Fontana is the First, I don't think the DAW one was distributed over here- all three are uncommon.
I have never read anything from PKD. Now I got do androids dream of electric sheep, ubik, now wait for last year and martain time slip in a sale for two bucks each. Which one would you recommend me to start first?
'Androids' -then 'Ubik, 'Martian'.....'Now Wait' is quite minor in my opinion.
@@outlawbookselleroriginal thank you very much! I will do it in this order 🙏
@@HigrationsMintergrund420 -Let me know how you get on with reading them.
@@outlawbookselleroriginal Currently reading Night Lamp by Vance. After that I will immediately start Androids.
Dr. Bloodmoney gave me a case of the creeps
Yes, it's pretty flaky...but in a good way.
I picked up a really nice penguin recently. There's the small matter of her vow of chastity, but I'm trying to get round that.
There are at least sixteen or seventeen species of Penguin, so please elaborate. There is a fossil penguin that was six feet tall in life, luckily for us now extinct.
@@outlawbookselleroriginal Excuse me, what're you accusing me of here? Bestiality? She's a Bardot Bridgettine. 🙃
"Dr Bloodmoney is the only novel by him that features an astronaut character, despite the fact that he often wrote novels and pieces featuring planetary colonisation. Disillusionment with space travel and the frontier of new age colonialism, seems to have set-in long ago in his imagined reality, as we've seen in novels like "Martian Time-Slip" and "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch", and astronauts as heroes appear to have been forgotten along with the disenchantment of space exploration. The dream of settling Mars as a new frontier seems to be very unlikely to ever happen again in "Dr Bloodmoney" though. Everything seems regressive.
Hoppy Harrington is similar to Manfred Steiner in "Martian Time-Slip". Both can see into the future and are impaired in some way. Along with Eddie and Bill Kellor, the theme of strange, dangerous or powerful children, seems important in these early 1960s novels. Hoppy Harrington is to be feared of course, and it's significant that only somebody as powerful as him, can stop him from becoming all-powerful.
It's splatter-dash prose is stark and quirky, suiting the mood of the novel I think. It's one of his best.
It is one of his most interesting novels and in some ways unique in his oeuvre, despite links to other novels, I agree. I enjoyed re-reading it after a very long time. "Martian Time-Slip" was my second PKD back in the late seventies and have read it quite a few times, a true masterpiece.
My life is like a PKD book but worse. lnivis, mind reeding a6ents, etc. Things now are worse than he could have ever imagined.