Tag: Philip K. Dick

• 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…

  Bill Ectric

  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…

  Bill Ectric

  October 22, 2008

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