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Fractured realities. Lost identities. Handsome show business figures. A man who doesn't exist. Confusion. What would it be like to wake up and have nobody know who you are? To have your entire history

Philip K. Dick, Early 1960s Photo by Arthur Knight. Public domain I'll begin this review of A Scanner Darkly at the place where it ends, in the Author's Note. On the last two pages of the book, Philip

The Transmigration of Timothy Archer represents the fifth Philip K Dick book I’ve read in a row. I have to say, that this one was the most work. It was the last he’d write before his death, and arriving

Philip K Dick has an obsession with diseased, ill, dying women. They've featured in each of the recent books I've read. Last time, it was cancer, this time, it is MS. They're (both times) used as motivating

I am not the only person in the world with "daddy issues" but when I consider the title The Father Thing I definitely think about unrequited fatherly love and impostors. I think about men who

It was time to treat myself to another short film from Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams. This is the second to last one I have to watch, and... I've been watching them in completely random order, because

Philip K Dick wrote VALIS on the fringes of sanity. You can see it on every page. The shifting narrative perspectives, the topsy-turvy plot, and the all encompassing attempt at unifying all the theological

Nothing screams safety more than being stopped by armed guards when you attempt to enter a location. This is exactly how Safe and Sound opens. A girl and her mother are coming into the city, and it abundantly

With a title like Kill all Others, it is not a surprise that the film opens with the word productivity, and capitalism, and well, America. Advertising holograms are everywhere. Then there's a bus ride

The thing that has impressed me the most about Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams series is that production values for each and every one of these short movies is maintained at an incredibly high level. They're

I didn't expect to see Steve Buscemi in Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams, but here I am. In Crazy Diamond, he portrays a character (another one called Ed)) who works at a lab that grows quantum consciousness.

Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams maintains surprisingly good production values throughout - even if "The Commuter" starts with a great snapshot of contemporary, budget British life, with Tesco

Ubik is a charming novel. Philip K Dick is so good at building worlds, and the metamorphosis that the world in Ubik undergoes as you turn through it pages, enthralled, is a complex delight. With a cast

Impossible Planet opens with an astonishing vista of a purple super nova, and extends what would be a normal visit to a place like an aquarium or museum to the cosmos. Only, the capitalism of the historical

The Hoodmaker is an interesting tale about control and spying.

Promo image from Amazon Prime Video Service Since Philip K Dick is one of my favourite Authors (and that assessment is based on a single book alone, the venerable Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep) -

A World of Talent and Other Stories is the second thing that I have ever read (it is an audiobook) that is written by Author Philip K Dick. I've read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep so many times (but

Philip K. Dick, Metz, France, 1977 – original transcript from his press conference (Part 2) Watch the entire press conference here: One thing I really want you to know: I am aware that the claims I am

Philip K. Dick, Metz, France, 1977 – original transcript from his press conference (Part 1) Watch the entire press conference here: May I tell you how much I appreciate your asking me to share some of

Original painting. Acrylic and oil on canvas. From the Transmutation series.