Comments on: My Name Is Damien, I Write Fanfic http://damiengwalter.com/2007/05/17/my-name-is-damien-i-write-fanfic/ Writer of weird fiction, Guardian columnist and journalist. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:32:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: damiengwalter http://damiengwalter.com/2007/05/17/my-name-is-damien-i-write-fanfic/#comment-138 damiengwalter Fri, 18 May 2007 17:48:34 +0000 http://damiengwalter.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/my-name-is-damien-i-write-fanfic/#comment-138 That's only the tip of the iceberg. It s a well kept secret but I can exclusively reveal that PKD himself wrote 'Lost In Space', 'Land of the Giants' and 'The Invaders' fanfic long before the term had been coined. His estate have been sitting on the evidence, fearful of its effect on his reputation as a post-modern literary genius. That’s only the tip of the iceberg. It s a well kept secret but I can exclusively reveal that PKD himself wrote ‘Lost In Space’, ‘Land of the Giants’ and ‘The Invaders’ fanfic long before the term had been coined. His estate have been sitting on the evidence, fearful of its effect on his reputation as a post-modern literary genius.

]]> By: A.R.Yngve http://damiengwalter.com/2007/05/17/my-name-is-damien-i-write-fanfic/#comment-137 A.R.Yngve Fri, 18 May 2007 17:36:05 +0000 http://damiengwalter.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/my-name-is-damien-i-write-fanfic/#comment-137 "A lot of it (not all, but much) is a great deal better than its source material." Oh, absolutely! It's been hushed up, but did you know that Philip K. Dick died of embarrassment when he realized that UBIK and VALIS fanfic was waaay superior to his feeble efforts? “A lot of it (not all, but much) is a great deal better than its source material.”

Oh, absolutely!
It’s been hushed up, but did you know that Philip K. Dick died of embarrassment when he realized that UBIK and VALIS fanfic was waaay superior to his feeble efforts?

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