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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Philip K Dick

Philip K Dick stories: 2 news summaries

 Computer Whiz 
 Records Life 
 as 'E-Memory' 

Microsoft researcher saves audio, video experiences on hard drive

(Newser) - Philip K. Dick, eat your heart out. Microsoft researcher Gordon Bell is recording his entire life with video and audio equipment and storing it on a hard drive to keep it safe, CNN reports. The 350 gigabytes of data—which include scans of receipts and PDFs of every Web site... More »

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Philip K. Dick
Is Ready for His Closeup Now

In death, troubled
sci-fi writer is darling
of Hollywood

(Newser) - Sci fi writer Philip K. Dick died paranoid, impoverished, and obscure. But since his death in 1982, nine movies have been based on his novels—including Blade Runner, Minority Report, and Total Recall—-and interest in his work , eerily prescient of the digital age, has never been higher.  More »

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