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[andrew_jorgensen]

I'm capable of believing most anything about the current administration that doesn't require me to don a tin-foil hat, so I have little problem with Richard Clarke's accusations of indifference to terrorism on the part of Bush. Indeed, it squares with the understanding I've had since The New Yorker profiled the late John O'Neill back in January, 2002. But what is most important to my credulity is that I've never seen all of season two of Alias. For, when I catch Clarke on TV and close my eyes, I hear Victor Garber. The vocal resemblance is remarkable; in fact, noting a facial resemblance requires as little squinting at Clarke as does the Mask of Agamemnon. Because I've only really watched season one of Alias, this resemblance brings to mind ruthless efficiency, cold calculation, and a resistance to emotion, but not a willingness to endanger national security to screw over one's ex-wife.

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Re: Victor Garber

[beastlydead.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Andrew. Damn, the only other person I know who has read these Dicks says about them, channeling perhaps Maragret Thatcher: "no, no, no." I've only read Unteleported Man, and years ago, but I kinda loved it and am sad that it's so unliked. I'm going to be reviewing a copy of Lies, Inc. and a forthcoming PKD bio (which I just finished and have mixed thoughts on--but you should read it) and wanted to know what Dick fans think on this subject . . . that you haven't gotten into either version suggests that even Dick fans don't like this one. Vulcan's Hammer anyone?

So what are your other heavily arced shows?

Re: Victor Garber

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

Angel, The Shield and 24 , though I don't respect myself much for 24.

I understand how you feel about TUM/LI; I loved Galactic Pot Healer, but found out later that Dick thought it was his worst novel. I suspect that this is an availability issue -- the lesser novels I read when they were all I could get my hands on, like We Can Build You and The Zap Gun, I loved, but by the time I had tracked down The Unteleported Man, I had already read Ubik and 3 Stigmata and most of the rest and had what I thought of as higher standards. Or, age diminished the fascination for me. It's actually been a long time since I've read a PKD novel -- maybe I should give Lies, Inc. another shot.