Dear Jeff,
I happened to see the Channel 7 TV program "Hooray for Hollywood" tonight with the segment on . {Well, to be honest, I didn't happen to see it; someone tipped me off that was going to be a part of the show, and to be sure to watch.} Jeff, after looking-and especially after listening to Harrison Ford discuss the film-I came to the conclusion that this indeed is not science fiction; it is not fantasy; it is exactly what Harrison said: futurism. The impact of is simply going to be overwhelming, both on the public and on creative people-and, I believe, on science fiction as a field. Since I have been writing and selling science fiction works for thirty years, this is a matter of some importance to me. In all candor I must say that our field has gradually and steadily been deteriorating for the last few years. Nothing that we have done, individually or collectively, matches . This is not escapism; it is super realism, so gritty and detailed and authentic and goddam convincing that, well, after the segment I found my normal present-day "reality" pallid by comparison. What I am saying is that all of you collectively may have created a unique new form of graphic, artistic expression, never before seen. And, I think, is going to revolutionize our conceptions of what science fiction is and, more, be. Let me sum it up this way. Science fiction has slowly and ineluctably settled into a monotonous death: it has become inbred, derivative, stale. Suddenly you people have come in, some of the greatest talents currently in existence, and now we have a new life, a new start. As for my own role in the project, I can only say that I did not know that a work of mine or a set of ideas of mine could be escalated into such stunning dimensions. My life and creative work are justified and completed by . Thank you...and it is going to be one hell of a commercial success. It will prove invincible
I happened to see the Channel 7 TV program "Hooray for Hollywood" tonight with the segment on . {Well, to be honest, I didn't happen to see it; someone tipped me off that was going to be a part of the show, and to be sure to watch.} Jeff, after looking-and especially after listening to Harrison Ford discuss the film-I came to the conclusion that this indeed is not science fiction; it is not fantasy; it is exactly what Harrison said: futurism. The impact of is simply going to be overwhelming, both on the public and on creative people-and, I believe, on science fiction as a field. Since I have been writing and selling science fiction works for thirty years, this is a matter of some importance to me. In all candor I must say that our field has gradually and steadily been deteriorating for the last few years. Nothing that we have done, individually or collectively, matches . This is not escapism; it is super realism, so gritty and detailed and authentic and goddam convincing that, well, after the segment I found my normal present-day "reality" pallid by comparison. What I am saying is that all of you collectively may have created a unique new form of graphic, artistic expression, never before seen. And, I think, is going to revolutionize our conceptions of what science fiction is and, more, be. Let me sum it up this way. Science fiction has slowly and ineluctably settled into a monotonous death: it has become inbred, derivative, stale. Suddenly you people have come in, some of the greatest talents currently in existence, and now we have a new life, a new start. As for my own role in the project, I can only say that I did not know that a work of mine or a set of ideas of mine could be escalated into such stunning dimensions. My life and creative work are justified and completed by . Thank you...and it is going to be one hell of a commercial success. It will prove invincible
( Philip K. Dick )
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