Saturday 16 November 2024


Paycheck
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Today I read the short story "Paycheck", written in 1952 by
Philip K. Dick [1].

Although "Paycheck" is just a short story --or "novelette", as it
is called on Wikipedia-- is it turned into a Hollywood science
fiction action movie, also called "Paycheck" [2].

Several works by Philip K. Dick have of course been turned into a
Hollywood action movie. Some of these works I have read once or
several times, like "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" [3],
first somewhere in the seventies, and a few times after that,
while some other works I haven't read (yet).

Paycheck and Adjustment Team
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Another of his short stories that made it into a Hollywood movie
is "Adjustment Team" [4], the movie was called "The Adjustment
Bureau" [5].

In both cases, "Paycheck" and "Adjustment Team", I had seen the
movie several years before reading the story.

And in both cases:

* I was surprised how short the story was, considering a complete
  movie was based on it.
* I was surprised how many elements of the movie adaptation were
  already in the story.
* I enjoyed the story more than the movie.

Of course there are differences between the movies and the
stories they were adapted from.
"Paycheck" and "Adjustment Team" were written in the first half
of the fifties, while the movie "Paycheck" is from 2003 and the
movie "The Adjustment Bureau" from 2011. And of course Hollywood
wants love and stuff.

Collection
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"Paycheck" has been republished as part of a collection of
science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick, this collection is
also called "Paycheck" [6].

I am currently reading the collection, "Paycheck" is the first
story in it.

Although I have not yet finished reading it, I think I can give
it a recommendation. If you like short science fiction works,
consider reading this collection, you might enjoy it too!

Happy reading!


[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_(novelette)
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_(film)
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep%3F
[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team
[5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adjustment_Bureau
[6]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_(collection)



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