ask LJ: literary reference?

[chhotii]

What's that Phil K. Dick story in which the conceit is that the world has no continuous existence-- it is repeatedly just set up a moment ago by something like a stage crew? Thanks.

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[rmd.livejournal.com]

The Philip K Dick story "Adjustment Team" became the movie "Adjustment Bureau".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_Team

The Twilight Zone story with the blue maintenance guys who fix things minute by minute is based on a Ted Sturgeon story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Matter_of_Minutes

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

I'm told the basic idea was by Descartes -- he thought the world was full-up with particles, so they couldn't get around past each other, so God had to destroy and re-create the world at each moment.