Uni update...

[hmpf]

Turns out it was my fault. I forgot some deadline in March. So, for the moment, I'm not a student of Frankfurt university.
I'll have to reapply, but I still have a bit of time for that - the deadline for the winter term is September 1.

There's some good things about this, actually. 1.) No fees while I'm not a student! *g* 2.) When I get back to Germany it will officially only be my 7th term, instead of the 8th. *g*

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In other news...

Just read 'The Game Players of Titan' by Philip K. Dick, one of the books the Brum SF society wanted to get rid of. Wow. What drugs did that man do again? Very... trippy reading experience. If that's what reading Philip K. Dick is like - and this is, AFAIK, not even one of the most recommended of his books - I have to read more Philip K. Dick. Any suggestions where I might start? 'The Man in the High Castle' has been suggested to me. 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' would be obvious, of course. I'm also quite fond of the title of 'Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said' - but of course I have no idea what that is about, I just love the title.

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Wellllll.... back to landscape archaeology now...

Comments

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

I totally and utterly adore UBIK. for a weird "what if" Nazi thing, try The Man in the High Castle, though I didn't even enjoy it as much as Fatherland (that bad novel that became an even worse Rutger Hauer's movie :-).

And afaik, he was actually a paranoid schizophrenic...

[hyper-vole.livejournal.com]

My suggestion is to ask Steve, he has read most of the sci-fi library and should be able to help.

[(Anonymous)]

> There's some good things about this, actually. 1.) No fees while I'm
> not a student!

No fees? Don't you have to pay some horrendous amount of money to keep your health insurance if you're not a student?

MSB

[jazzymegster.livejournal.com]

So far as I know, it wasn't drugs, he was just badly mentally ill. He was absolutely convinced at some stage in his life that there was an actual angel living in his body. Which is weird.

It took me two goes to read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", but once I had, I was glad I did. Need to try some others though. Will keep an eye out for that one you mentioned.

:)

Well... I *am* a student of Birmingham University.

[hmpf.livejournal.com]

Quite officially.

Not sure if that's good enough for my German insurance, though. Thanks for pointing that out; will have to inquire...