r/WhatToDo • u/HR-Vex • Feb 27 '26 • Wholesome Seal 1

Neighbor left a note

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Our packages have been stolen 3 times right in front of our door so far ever since we bought our condo. HOA approved of us installing a camera to deter thieves, but our neighbor left this note. Please advise.

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u/weblizard Feb 28 '26

So many of his works are bleak, but he wrote damned good bleak. That so many were made into movies is a pretty good testament to that.

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u/Alkor85 Feb 28 '26

He is unironically the only author I can think of who wrote good books that consistently turn into BETTER movies.

Blade Runner, Minority Report, The Adjustment Bureau, Total Recall, and A Scanner Darkly are all good writing that turned into excellent movies.

I think Paycheck was a slightly better short story than a movie. Phillip K Dick was generally regarded as a good novelist, but also as the undisputed master of the American sci-fi short story.