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ExWhoDoesntCare

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3. Reminds me of Philip K Dick

Reply to mike_c (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 19, 2023, 02:33 PM

Dec 2023

Living in claustrophobic habitats where somebody else owns the air, surrounded by instantly fatal conditions, will be hard and unforgiving.

That's what everything ended up being about in Philip K Dick's short story, 'I Can Remember It for You Wholesale.' Most people haven't read that, but millions have seen its big-screen adaptation, 'Total Recall,' starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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