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Understanding Philip K. Dick

Understanding Philip K. Dick

Author: Eric Carl Link

Publisher:

ISBN: 1570038554

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 179

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Author of more than forty novels and myriad short stories over a three-decade literary career, Philip K. Dick (1928a1982) single-handedly reshaped twentieth-century science fiction. His influence has only increased since his death with the release of numerous feature films based on his work, including Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall (based on aWe Can Remember It for You Wholesalea), Minority Report (based on aThe Minority Reporta), and Next (based on aThe Golden Mana). In Understanding Philip K. Dick, Eric Carl Link introduces readers to the life, career, and work of this groundbreaking, prolific, and immeasurably influential force in American literature, media culture, and contemporary science fiction. Dick was at times a postmodernist, a mainstream writer, a pulp fiction writer, and often all three simultaneously, but as Link illustrates, he was more than anything else a novelist of ideas. From this vantage point, Link surveys Dickas own tragicomic biography, his craft and career, and the recurrent ideas and themes that give shape and significance to his fiction. Link addresses Dickas efforts to break into the mainstream in the 1950s, his return to science fiction in the 1960s, and his move toward more theologically oriented work in his final two decades. Link finds across Dickas writing career an intellectual curiosity that transformed his science fiction novels from bizarre pulp extravaganzas into philosophically challenging explorations of the very nature of reality, and it is this depth of vision that continues to garner new audiences and fresh approaches to Dickas genre-defining tales.
Understanding Philip K. Dick
Language: en
Pages: 179

Understanding Philip K. Dick

Authors: Eric Carl Link
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher:

Author of more than forty novels and myriad short stories over a three-decade literary career, Philip K. Dick (1928a1982) single-handedly reshaped twentieth-century science fiction. His influence has only increased since his death with the release of numerous feature films based on his work, including Blade Runner (based on Do Androids
The Twisted Worlds of Philip K. Dick
Language: en
Pages: 316

The Twisted Worlds of Philip K. Dick

Authors: Umberto Rossi
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-10 - Publisher: McFarland

Philip K. Dick was one of the most popular science fiction novelists of the 20th century, but the contradictory and wily writer has troubled critics who attempt encompassing explanations of his work. This book examines Dick’s writing through the lens of ontological uncertainty, providing a comparative map of his oeuvre,
The World According to Philip K. Dick
Language: en
Pages: 234

The World According to Philip K. Dick

Authors: A. Dunst, S. Schlensag
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-05 - Publisher: Springer

As the first essay collection dedicated to Philip K. Dick in two decades, this volume breaks new ground in science fiction scholarship and brings innovative critical perspectives to the study of one of the twentieth century's most influential authors.
Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]
Language: en
Pages: 766

Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

Authors: Gary Westfahl
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-31 - Publisher: ABC-CLIO

This book provides high school and undergraduate students, and other interested readers, with a comprehensive survey of science fiction history and numerous essays addressing major science fiction topics, authors, works, and subgenres written by a distinguished scholar. This encyclopedia deals with written science fiction in all of its forms, not
The Philosophy of Science Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 256

The Philosophy of Science Fiction

Authors: James Edward Burton
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-24 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

The Philosophy of Science Fiction: Henri Bergson and the Fabulations of Philip K. Dick explores the deep affinity between two seemingly quite different thinkers, in their attempts to address the need for salvation in (and from) an era of accelerated mechanization, in which humans' capacity for destroying or subjugating the

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