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PreviewDick, Philip Kindred. 1995b. ''The short happy life or a science fiction writer.'' In: The shifting realities of Philip K. Dick. Selected literary and philosophical writings, ed. Lawrence Sutin, 44-53, London: Vintage Books. Dick, Philip Kindred. 1995c.
The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick: 1974
Philip Kindred DickPlease find out for me from George Ernsberger if they've just sold out their first print run (which would be good) or if god forbid they've abandoned it. If the latter, you had better make a serious effort against them in whatever way you can; I recall ...
Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits?
PreviewDo psychotics have insights into a mystical reality? Would knowledge of the future free us or enslave us? This volume will also include Dick's short story "Adjustment Team," on which The Adjustment Bureau is based.
The Exegesis of Philip K Dick
Philip K. DickBased on thousands of pages of typed and handwritten notes, journal entries, letters, and story sketches, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick is the magnificent and imaginative final work of an author who dedicated his life to questioning the ...
The Philosophy of Science Fiction: Henri Bergson and the ...
James Edward BurtonLawrence Sutin (Novato, CA: Underwood-Miller). Dick, Philip K. (1991b [1963]), The Game-Players of Titan (London: Grafton). Dick, Philip K. (1991c [1977]), A Scanner Darkly (New York: Vintage). Dick, Philip K. (1991d [1981]), VALIS (New ...
VALIS
Philip K. DickDick was a kind of Kafka steeped in LSD and rage.”—Roberto Bolaño What is VALIS? This question is at the heart of Philip K. Dick’s ground-breaking novel, and the first book in his defining trilogy.
Philip K. Dick: Exhilaration and Terror of the Postmodern
Christopher PalmerPhilip K. Dick: Exhilaration and Terror of the Postmodern examines a wide range of Dick's work, including his short stories and posthumously published realist novels.
The Postmodern Humanism of Philip K. Dick
Jason P. VestIn The Postmodern Humanism of Philip K. Dick, Jason Vest examines how Dick adapted the conventions of science fiction and postmodernism to reflect humanist concerns about the difficulties of maintaining identity, agency, and autonomy in the ...
Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick
Lawrence SutinA biography of one of the most culturally significant authors in the world. Philip K Dick loosened the bonds of the genre, ultimately making his reputation as a literary writer who happened to write speculative fiction.
The Man in the High Castle
Philip K. DickThis harrowing, Hugo Award-winning novel is the work that established Philip K. Dick as an innovator in science fiction while breaking the barrier between science fiction and the serious novel of ideas.
Future Imperfect: Philip K. Dick at the Movies
Jason P. VestExamines the first eight cinematic adaptations of Dick's fiction in light of their literary sources.
Philip K. Dick: Contemporary Critical Interpretations
PreviewContains eleven essays and a bibliography, re-examining Dick's entire oeuvre as prefiguring by decades the philosophical skepticism of postmodernism, and constituting a coherent cultural critique of post-World War II America.
The Sea Inside
Philip HoareA startling new book, his most personal to date, from Philip Hoare, co-curator of ’Moby Dick: Big Read and winner of the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for ‘Leviathan’.
Venus on the Half-Shell: A Grandmaster Novel
Philip José FarmerAs concerns those peers enlisted to write the fictional author stories under Farmer's coordination, the list included (among others) Arthur Jean Cox,Philip K. Dick, Leslie Fiedler, Ron Goulart, and Gene Wolfe. Unfortunately, not all of these ...
The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea
Philip HoareFrom his childhood fascination with the gigantic Natural History Museum model of a blue whale, to his abiding love of Moby-Dick, to his adult encounters with the living animals in the Atlantic Ocean, the acclaimed writer Philip Hoare has ...
Dobson's Complaint: The Story of the Chester Porphyria
PreviewChapter 4 A bizarre case of hypertension, uraemia, psychosis and paralysis: the first diagnosis of porphyria in the Chester kindred COLIN PORTEOUS AND GILES YOUNGS Subject 1.6.3 was the first member of our kindred to be diagnosed as ...
Kindred Spirits: Four Hundred Years of an American Family
Joe David BellamyKindred Spirits tells a captivating story about the struggles of the earliest European colonists to gain a foothold in the New World and combines this story with a personal narrative of unusual candor and interest.
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. DickWorld War Terminus had left the Earth devastated.
Philip K. Dick
Douglas A. MackeyA critical assessment of this famous writer's works including posthumous publications.
Gifts of Fate [Kindred of Arkadia 7]
Alanea AlderNOTE! Gifts of Fate is a holiday reunion book in the Kindred of Arcadia series and includes mixed romantic pairings. It is not stand-alone. We recommend reading this book after books 1-6. ** A Siren Erotic Romance
Reformation: Europe's House Divided 1490-1700
Diarmaid MacCullochG. R. Potter (ed.), Huldrych Zwingli (London, 1978), p. 100. It was this 'tribute' that provokedLuther's 1527pamphlet, calling Zwinglia fanatic. 29. J. Edwards,'Kindred spirit? Alfonsode Valdésand Philip Melanchthon at the Diet of Augsburg', ...
Yiddish with Dick and Jane
Ellis WeinerIn text that captures the unque rhythms of the original Dick and Jane readers, and in 35 all-new illustrations, a story unfolds in which Dick and Jane--hero and heroine of the classic books for children that generations of Americans have ...
Kindred spirits: meditations on family and friends
Claudia Karabaic SargentSumptuously illustrated and embellished with gold, Kindred Spirits reflects on the ties that bind us. Exquisitely produced and slipcased, this beautiful volume is a gift to be treasured by family members and friends of all ages. Full color.
The Go-Getter Girl's Guide: Get What You Want in Work and ...
Debra ShigleyFor instance, she's had a longtime mentor in Dick Parsons, who, as the former chairman of the board of Time Warner, also technically happened to be her boss. “Dick Parsons has been a great mentor to me, you know, but Dick Parsons does ...
"Far, Far From Home": The Wartime Letters of Dick and Tally ...
Dick and Tally SimpsonThe Wartime Letters of Dick and Tally Simpson, Third South Carolina Volunteers Dick and Tally Simpson Guy R. Everson, Edward W. Simpson Jr. Oxford New York Toronto Delhi Bombay Calcutta Madras Karachi Kuala Lumpur Singapore ...
A Scanner Darkly
Philip K. DickA brilliant sci-fi novel from one of the last century's most influential pop culture figures Substance D - otherwise known as Death - is the most dangerous drug ever to find its way on to the black market.
I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
Philip K. DickThis volume brings together ten previously uncollected stories and a major unpublished essay, which span nearly thirty years of the career of the noted science fiction writer
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