# Philip K. Dick influence on GW

*The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 08 Mar 2000*

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### Jeremy Crampton
*08 Mar 2000, 14:13*

Hello,

I have a quick question: has anybody ever thought about possible influences
on Wolfe's work by Philip K. Dick? I'm thinking of the scene for example in
URTH where Severian speculates that the door may have been bribed, and the
scene in UBIK where Joe Chip doesn't have a nickel to give the doorknob.
It's quite a famous PKD scene so it might not be as obscure as it sounds.

I don't recall there being discussion about this before. Can anybody think
of any others?
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Jeremy W. Crampton		         http://geog.gmu.edu    jcrampto at gmu.edu
Dept. of Geography & Earth Science
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### Greene, Carlton
*08 Mar 2000, 14:27 · follows Jeremy Crampton*

> Jeremy wrote:
> I have a quick question: has anybody ever thought about possible
> influences
> on Wolfe's work by Philip K. Dick? I'm thinking of the scene for example
> in
> URTH where Severian speculates that the door may have been bribed, and the
> scene in UBIK where Joe Chip doesn't have a nickel to give the doorknob.
> It's quite a famous PKD scene so it might not be as obscure as it sounds.
> 
> I don't recall there being discussion about this before. Can anybody think
> of any others?

One quick and easy parallel is the use of proper names translated to reflect
the original meanings of the words.  Compare PKD's Horselover Fat with Seven
Lions in Soldier.

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