TRP & PKD

[Henry M]

Or how about Burroughs' ironic "Do It Right" method in "The Job"? An 
excellent spoof of Est-holes and that ilk..

On  8 Mar 97 at 16:46, Ted Samsel wrote:

> I forgot about that one (TIME OUT OF JOINT).. Read it 30 years ago..
> And in another PKD, there's the whole schtick for Silva Mind
> Control. Which came first?  The PKD story or Silva....? (Silva, by
> the way, is the "everyday, in every way, I am getting better and
> better" guru who grew up Mexican in Laredo, Texas and later claimed
> to be Italian. I looked into this one time and the PKD story
> predated the emergence of SMC.
> 
> D'ya think that TRP bowed out of the L Ron role (another skiffy guy
> into "self-improvement/religion") for some reason or the other?
> 
> Now if Phillip Jose Farmer'd start up a cult......
> 
> Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net  *1997* Centennial of Bram Stoker's
> DRACULA
>          "Home of the brave, land of the free,
>           I don't want to be mistreated by no bourgoisie."
> AAFOUF# 0000003                           Huddie Ledbetter
> 

AsB4

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