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PufPuf23

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9. PKD's Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.

Reply to WiffenPoof (Original post)

Tue Nov 24, 2015, 11:10 PM

Nov 2015

Last edited Fri Nov 27, 2015, 09:17 PM - Edit history (1)

John Lennon had a movie option at one time (prior to Bladerunner or any other PKD sourced movie).

That said though a major long term fan of PKD and liking the movies in general, there has never been a movie yet made from PKD fiction that I have found satisfying as a PKD reader.

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Novels not made into movies... [View all] WiffenPoof Nov 2015 OP

I always wondered that myself TorchTheWitch Nov 2015 #1

J.D. Salinger explains why “Catcher in the Rye” shouldn’t be a movie, 1957 pinboy3niner Nov 2015 #2

Thank you.... WiffenPoof Nov 2015 #5

Salinger wouldn't let Hollywood touch Holden Caulfield... First Speaker Nov 2015 #3

Thanks WiffenPoof Nov 2015 #6

A Confederacy of Dunces... Tom Kitten Nov 2015 #4

The Monkeywrench Gang movie has long been rumored but never materialized NightWatcher Nov 2015 #7

There was a knock off Mendocino Nov 2015 #20

Max Barry's "Jennifer Government" Aristus Nov 2015 #8

PKD's Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. PufPuf23 Nov 2015 #9

This right here is the correct answer. Dr. Strange Nov 2015 #10

While I wasn't a reader of Phillip K, I've always loved the movie Blade Runner. aidbo Nov 2015 #14

Every PKD movie I've seen is broken. hunter Nov 2015 #30

Wow. Thank you. PufPuf23 Nov 2015 #31

Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, so infamously not a movie they made a movie about it not being made CBGLuthier Nov 2015 #11

A full-length version of Springtime for Hitler, please jmowreader Nov 2015 #12

Steppenwolf should be re-made. Joe Shlabotnik Nov 2015 #13

I'm still waiting for any book by Neal Stephenson to be made into a movie. aidbo Nov 2015 #15

Chuck Palahnuik's "Survivor" Initech Nov 2015 #16

Catcher in the Rye was terrible. bigwillq Nov 2015 #17

Houlden Caulfield is every self-absorbed young teen that thinks themselves all-knowing alphafemale Nov 2015 #28

Still waiting for "The Stars, My Destination" sarge43 Nov 2015 #18

I'd love to see Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections" as a movie. Paladin Nov 2015 #19

How about one that should *not* be made into a movie: malthaussen Nov 2015 #21

Heinlein's libertarianism on screen? Yeah, I'd skip that one, for sure. Paladin Nov 2015 #22

That's an amazing movie, on the surface all popcorn over-the-top sci-fi, underneath sly satire. hunter Nov 2015 #26

Big credit to the director, Paul Verhoeven. (nt) Paladin Nov 2015 #27

It would definitely need a tech update IDemo Nov 2015 #34

I agree about "The Corrections" mentalsolstice Nov 2015 #23

Good idea, re the TV mini-series. (nt) Paladin Nov 2015 #24

Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut OrwellwasRight Nov 2015 #25

Atwood's The Handmaids Tale and Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2015 #29

The Handmaid's Tale was made into a movie TexasBushwhacker Nov 2015 #32

Thanks! - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2015 #35

Got pretty good reviews too! n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2015 #36

my answer is different skippercollector Nov 2015 #33