>>24869183

>The one about the Andrew Gill cigs is from Dr. Bloodmoney
>75
Correct.

>Which I didn't think was very good, probably my least favorite Dick.
It’s not very good overall but it has some good bits. This passage is quintessential PKD I think, because even though in theory he writes vaguely dystopian stuff he actually has a strong faith in the everyday goodness of the average person. There's a letter or something (maybe an essay?) where he talks about Robert A. Heinlein. Once when PKD was at a pretty low ebb financially and emotionally Heinlein wrote him an encouraging letter and gave him a new typewriter. He said, ‘RAH is about as far away from me politically as it’s possible to be but he still did this, and this is what I love about people and what I think matters’.

>It has some interesting ideas but it's all over the place
Yes it’s three or four quite separate novellas put in a food processor for a few seconds.

>>24498480

>#49
>Stevens, 'Another Weeping Woman'
Correct. More accessible than usual for WS (i.e. you have some idea what it's about).

>>24461964
>#33
>Under Milk Wood
No idea what the rest means but you're right about this. Always good to sneak some Dylan Thomas in wherever possible.