Philip K. Dick fans from around the world have contributed to this scanned collection of over 650 PKD book covers. We think you will enjoy seeing the many visual interpretations of his stories presented here.
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Writer Jerry Oltion says he has to come up with a new anti-procrastination technique every few months - so he shares a 50-item laundry list of strategies he’s used to get to work over the years. His advice is aimed at working writers but can be applied to anyone who’s got to self-motivate through a project. A couple of goodies…
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The father of one has left other motorists stunned after shelling out £14,000 on a 1974 Sabre light reconnaissance tank. Now 42-year old Stephen uses the military vehicle instead of a car for shopping trips - zooming round at up to 40mph near his home in Winsford, Cheshire, drawing astonished looks from fellow motorists and passers-by.
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A talkative 9-year-old boy came to Helen Briggs on Valentine’s Day 2000. She was a foster mother with years of tough love and scores of troubled kids behind her. Now, six years later, Briggs and her husband, James, a maintenance worker for the city of Alexandria, Virginia are taking the highly unusual step of trying to unadopt him.
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“Maps of the global arms trade, maps of destruction brought upon Lebanon by Isreal’s recent bombing campaign, a map of the business locations of the war profiteers of NY City. Maps that even trace the imperialist war torn history of the Middle East; interpretations of the spatial striation of incarceration in NYC; the densities of cities, etc.”
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Face Research Lab creates the average attractive face based on ratings.
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Mexican fishermen captured a 7.5-foot crocodile in the Rio Grande, the river that divides part of Mexico and the United States, authorities reported on Sunday. Illegal migrants from Mexico frequently swim or ride inner tubes across the Rio Grande to reach the United States. Crocodiles do not normally inhabit the river, and authorities suspect …
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So you think you’re unique? There are 595 people in the U.S. named Kevin Rose, but only 11 people in the U.S. named Alex Albrecht. Let’s find out just how common (or UNcommon) YOUR name really is!
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“I think it’s a waste of taxpayers’ money,” said Doris O’Neal, a Project H.O.P.E. Wilma counselor “I mean, puppet shows? What is that doing? I felt guilty a lot of days going to work and earning a paycheck.”
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