{"product_id":"philip-k-dick-9781476677897","title":"Philip K. Dick","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Philip K. Dick was a visionary writer of science fiction. His works speak to contemporary fears of being continually watched by technology, and the paranoia of modern life in which we watch ourselves and lose our sense of identity. Since his death in 1982, Dick''s writing remain frighteningly relevant to 21st century audiences. Dick spent his life in near poverty and it was only after his death that he gained popular and critical recognition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   In this new collection of essays, interviews, and talks, Philip K Dick is rediscovered. Concentrating both on recent critical studies and on reassessing his legacy in light of his new status as a major American author, these essays explore, just what happened culturally and critically to precipitate his extraordinary rise in reputation. The essays look for his traces in the places he lived, in the SF community he came from, and in his influence on contemporary American literature and culture, and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\tvii\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Philip K. Dick Now That He Is Philip K. Dick\u003cbr\u003eDavid Sandner\t1\u003cbr\u003eFuture Ecologies\u003cbr\u003ePhilip K. Dick's Futuristic Ecologies\u003cbr\u003eUrsula Heise\t14\u003cbr\u003eFrom Soft Totalitarianism to TV Introjection: Philip Kindred \u003cbr\u003eDick and the Tube\u003cbr\u003eUmberto Rossi\t32\u003cbr\u003eVoices, Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind: A Scanner Darkly on the Road to Julian Jaynes' Psychology\u003cbr\u003eRichard Feist\t46\u003cbr\u003eUbik Does Not Yet Exist: Reading Ubik as a Case of Extro–\u003cbr\u003eScience Fiction\u003cbr\u003eSean Matharoo\t61\u003cbr\u003eRereading Dick's Mainstream Fiction within a Science Fiction \u003cbr\u003eFramework\u003cbr\u003eGabriel Cutrufello\t71\u003cbr\u003eEvolving Dickian Criticism: The Exegesis and Pierre Teilhard \u003cbr\u003ede Chardin\u003cbr\u003eMichael ­Kvamme-O'Brien\t83\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Dick, the Earthshaker\u003cbr\u003eGregg Rickman\t99\u003cbr\u003eGalactic ­Pot-Healer: A Singular Way Station\u003cbr\u003eGary Westfahl\t107\u003cbr\u003eArchaeologies\u003cbr\u003eThe Philip K. Dick Society: A Preliminary Archaeology\u003cbr\u003eJonathan Lethem\t116\u003cbr\u003ePKD at California State University, Fullerton: A ­Question-and-Answer Session with Nicole Vandever and Paige Patterson\u003cbr\u003eTim Powers and James Blaylock\t137\u003cbr\u003ePKD Goes to the Movies: A Panel Discussion\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Gilbertson, Gary Westfahl and Paul Sammon\t153\u003cbr\u003eDick's SoCal Dream\u003cbr\u003eJonathan Lethem in Conversation with Samuel Sousa\t171\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Images and Ephemera from the 2016 Philip K. Dick \u003cbr\u003eConference\t187\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Contributors\t213\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t215","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040460276055,"sku":"9781476677897","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476677897.jpg?v=1750946829","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/philip-k-dick-9781476677897","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}