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File:The VALIS Show.jpg|link=The VALIS Show|'''''[[The VALIS Show]]''''' is a 1998 American psychological comedy-drama film about Philip K. Dick (Jim Carrey), a man who grew up living an ordinary life that—unbeknownst to him—takes place on a large set populated by actors for a covert operation against him. | |||
File:Martian Pink-Slip 2.jpg|link=Martian Pink-Slip|'''''[[Martian Pink-Slip]]''''' is a 1964 book on interplanetary labor history by American sociologist Philip K. Dick 1.1. | File:Martian Pink-Slip 2.jpg|link=Martian Pink-Slip|'''''[[Martian Pink-Slip]]''''' is a 1964 book on interplanetary labor history by American sociologist Philip K. Dick 1.1. | ||
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* [[The Waking of the Slate]] - traditional Welsh mining ritual | * [[The Waking of the Slate]] - traditional Welsh mining ritual | ||
* [[Slate in the Evening]] - novel about an alcoholic who substitutes slate for drink | * [[Slate in the Evening]] - novel about an alcoholic who substitutes slate for drink | ||
Revision as of 18:27, 15 March 2022
How Uncanny Was My Valley is a 1941 film about the Morgans, a hard-working Welsh mining family on Mars, from the point of view of the youngest child Pkd, who lives with his affectionate and kind parents, and his five brothers, in the Valles Marineris during the early modern era.
The story chronicles life in the Martian colonies, the widening gaps between the "Cannies" (human colonists) and the "Uncannies" (android-Martian hybrids), and its effects on the family.
The Waking of the Slate
The film gives a realistic depiction of the traditional Welsh Waking of the Slate ritual.
Anvils In Flight
The musical anvils band Anvils In Flight appears briefly in a bar fight scene performing the introduction to their hit song "Never Touch Ground" (better known as "Anvils Above").
Origin
The concept originated in a Facebook post on the afternoon of Tuesday June 15, 2020.
- Comment @ Facebook
In the News
The VALIS Show is a 1998 American psychological comedy-drama film about Philip K. Dick (Jim Carrey), a man who grew up living an ordinary life that—unbeknownst to him—takes place on a large set populated by actors for a covert operation against him.
Martian Pink-Slip is a 1964 book on interplanetary labor history by American sociologist Philip K. Dick 1.1.
"I've seen people you things wouldn't believe." —Roy Batty
Describe in single words only the good things that come into your mind about ... Miami.
Miami?
Let me tell you about Miami. (Replicant Vice)
Fiction cross-reference
- Anvils In Flight
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- I've seen people you things wouldn't believe
- Musical anvils
- The VALIS Show
- The Waking of the Slate - traditional Welsh mining ritual
- Slate in the Evening - novel about an alcoholic who substitutes slate for drink
- One If By Clay - 2020 adventure film; the title is from the phrase "One if by clay, two if by slate" - see Binomial geology
- Replicant Vice
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Post @ Twitter (22 January 2022)
- Philip K Dick Research Robot @ Hanson Robotics
- How Green Was My Valley (film)
- Valles Marineris