Tag: Philip K. Dick

• Robert A. Heinlein and Philip K. Dick: Contrast and Compare

    This essay by Gary Westfahl first appeared on Locus Online March 1, 2005. Here are some excerpts: Of course, one can readily epitomize the ways in which these authors are significantly different . . .  the characters that most interest them stand at opposite ends of the social spectrum . . . As Karl…

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  August 1, 2017

  Gary Westfahl, literature, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Science Fiction, science fiction studies, short stories, writing

• 30 Years of Future: Essential Cyberpunk

  Via iO9, Diana Biller writes: It’s now been over three decades since cyberpunk first exploded, and in that time we’ve seen gorgeous movies, read fascinating books, and seen dozens of offshoots like steampunk (and my new favorite, deco punk) develop. Here are the 21 cyberpunk books you absolutely must read. Read More

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  June 27, 2015

  Aleister Crowley, Alfred Bester, Altered Carbon, Bruce Sterling, cyberpunk, Darick Robertson, Diana Biller, io9, James Tiptree Jr, John Shirley, K. W. Jeter, Katsuhiro Otomo, Lewis Shiner, Masamune Shirow, Melissa Scott, Mirrorshades, Pat Cadigan, Philip K. Dick, Richard Kadrey, rudy rucker, Warren Ellis, William Gibson

• Philip K. Dick TV Movie

  John Shirley shared this on his Facebook page. I’m a fan of Philip K. Dick so this is interesting. w.facebook.com/john.shirley.71/posts/10152820380928585?pnref=story

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  February 19, 2015

  John Shirley, Philip K. Dick, Science Fiction, The Man in the High Castle

• Philip K. Dick, “Confessions of a Crap Artist” (1959, published in 1974): Insanity of the Bourgeois Marriage

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  April 1, 2013

  Philip K. Dick, Science Fiction

• The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick

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  November 18, 2011

  800 Words, acting, actors, Maggie Chestovich, Philip K. Dick, plays, Science Fiction, theater, theatre, transmigration, VALIS, Victoria Stewart, Workhaus Collective, writers

• Philip K. Dick Again

  I just finished Lawrence Sutin’s Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick (1989, Harmony Books).  Enjoyed every page. Instead of reviewing the entire book, I want to share two good parts. Page 265 features a classic PKD parable mixing scientific knowledge with divine wisdom. Phil wrote this in 1979: A new ambulance is filled with gasoline…

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  April 9, 2010

  cut up writing, entropy, Lawrence Sutin, parables, Philip K. Dick, VALIS, William S. Burroughs

• Blues For Horselover Fat: William Gibson on Philip K. Dick

  From PhilipKDickfans.com, William Gibson says, “Remarkable the number of Phil Dick’s fans who have no desire to read any other sf. It always impressed me. ‘Well, no, I don’t read that stuff…. But do you know this guy Dick?’ How did they get on to him? Word of mouth…. He was the only product of…

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  October 22, 2008

  Philip K. Dick, VALIS, William Gibson, William S. Burroughs

• Minister Faust Philip K. Dick Ecstatic

  Via Jeff VanderMeer’s Ecstatis Days, guest blogger Minister Faust brings us a shimmeringly insightful video on PKD:

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  September 10, 2008

  BookTelevision, Kim Clarke Champniss, Minister Faust, Philip K. Dick, Rachel Harry, The Word, The Word This Week