The shifting realities of Philip K. Dick : selected literary and philosophical writings

Book 1995

Philip K. Dick has established himself as a major figure in American literature. The landscape of his imagination features a wealth of concepts and fictional worlds: Nazi-rule in a postwar nightmare; androids and the unification of man and machine; and an existence that no longer follows the logic of reality. His vision has shaped the way we perceive the past and present and how we look to the future. This first-time collection assembles his nonf...

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ISBN:

9780679426448
0679426442

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xxix, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

Autobiographical writings: Two fragments from the mainstream novel, Gather yourselves together
Introducing the author
Biographical material
Self portrait
Notes made late at night by a weary SF writer
Biographical material...
Memories found in a bill from a small animal vet
The short, happy life of a science fiction writer
Strange memories of death
Philip K. Dick on philosophy: a brief interview / conducted by Frank C. Bertrand
Writings on science fiction and related ideas: Pessimism in science fiction
Will the atomic bomb ever be perfected, and if so, what becomes of Robert Heinlein?
The Double Bill symposium: Replies to a questionnaire for professional SF writers and editors
That moon plaque
Who is an SF writer?
Michelson-Morley experiment reappraised
Introduction to The golden Man
Book review of The cybernetic imagination in science fiction
My definition of science fiction
Prediction ... included in The book of predictions
Universe makers... and breakers
Headnote for Beyond lies the wub
Works related to The man in the high castle and its proposed sequel: Naziism and The high castle
Biographical material on Hawthorne Abendsen
Completed chapters of a proposed sequel. Plot proposals and outlines: Joe Protagoras is alive and living on Earth
Plot idea for Mission: Impossible
TV series idea
Notes on Do androids dream of electric sleep. Essays and speeches: Drugs, hallucinations, and the quest for reality
Schizophrenia and The book of changes
The android and the human
Man, android, and machine
If you find this world bad, you should see some of the others
How to build a universe that doesn't fall apart two days later
Cosmogony and cosmology
The Tagore letter. Selections from the Exegesis

LCCN:

94027812

Control Number:

56153

Other Authors:

Sutin, Lawrence, 1951-

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