Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sri-unix!Garnaat.henr@XEROX.ARPA From: Garnaat.henr@XEROX.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Matter Transmission Message-ID: <12305@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 11:14:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12305 Posted: Thu Aug 9 11:14:00 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 13-Aug-84 00:18:17 EDT Lines: 31 The recent discussions re. matter transmission reminded me of a book I recently read. In "The Unteleported Man" by Phillip K. Dick, future Earth (i.e. post World War III) perfects a technique of matter transmission and uses it to shuttle colonists to an Earth-like planet some 18 lightyears away. Unfortunately the teleportation mechanism is under the control of a huge corporation whose motives, as discovered by the protaganist of the story, are evil and mercenary. Although I wouldn't say this is an example of a work "where the implications of the technology are taken to the fullest" as Mr. Martin was interested in, it does have an example of the kind of matter modification mentioned in the original message. In this case, the operators of the teleportation equipment are able to juxtapose the psyche of the teleported individual by overlaying thier mind with false definition of reality, referred to as a "paraworld" by Dick. This notion of "paraworlds" and false realities provides a perfect backdrop for the kind of explorations of schizophrenia common in many of Dick's books. I found the book interesting and well worth reading, although the ending seemed a bit of a cop out. While on the subject of the ending, I would like to pose a question to anyone familiar with Dick's work. The book I have is a re-release (since his death, many of his novels have been re-released) and claims to have the "original, uncensored" ending which was supposedly left out of the original release for "commercial" reasons. My disapointment with the ending got me wondering about the original book. How does the ending differ? Or, better yet, any ideas on where I could find a copy of the original release? Mitch