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Eye in the Sky (1957)
Introduction Eye in the Sky was originally published by Philip K. Dick in 1957. It tells the story of a small group of people accidently thrown into a proton beam deflector. This allows some of them to impose their reality … Continue reading
Posted in Afterlife, Bureaucracy, Childhood, Cold War, Family, Knowledge, Mental Illness, Philip K. Dick, Politics, Power, Religion, Science, Sexuality, Technology, Work
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Philip K. Dick’s Philosophy of History: Part One
Part One: The Promise of the Frontier Not much has been written about Philip K. Dick’s philosophy of history as revealed in his fiction. On the one hand, this is surprising because from the beginning of his career Dick was … Continue reading
Posted in Alien Life, Bureaucracy, Cold War, Empire, Philip K. Dick, Politics, Posthumanism, Space Exploration, Technology, war
Tagged frontier, history, philip k dick, stagnation
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The World Jones Made (1956)
The World Jones Made was published in 1956 and was part of his first batch of novels penned in the mid-1950s, including Vulcan’s Hammer (not published until 1960), Dr. Futurity, The Cosmic Puppets, and Solar Lottery. It is the first … Continue reading
Posted in Alien Invasion, Alien Life, Cold War, Humanism, Knowledge, Philip K. Dick, Politics, Posthumanism, Power, Supernatural Abilities, Transhumanism
Tagged adolf hitler, alien invasion, expansion, frontier, mutants, philip k dick, posthumanism, pre-cog, transhumanism, world jones made
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Retreat Syndrome
Story Background “Retreat Syndrome” was originally published in Worlds of Tomorrow in January 1965. It can now be found in The Eye of the Sibyl and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick on pp. 67–85. Plot Summary Caleb Myers, … Continue reading
The Little Black Box
Story Background “The Little Black Box was originally published in Worlds of Tomorrow in August 1964. It can now be found in The Eye of the Sibyl and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick on pp. 19–39. Plot Summary … Continue reading
Posted in Bureaucracy, Cold War, Humanism, Knowledge, Philip K. Dick, Philosophy, Religion, Technology
Tagged buddhism, communism, empathy, philip k dick, politics, religion, the little black box
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War Game
Story Background “War Game” was originally published in Galaxy in December 1959. It can now be found in Minority Report and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick on pp. 157–171. Plot Summary Leon Wiesman is working at the Terran … Continue reading
Posted in Alien Invasion, Bureaucracy, Childhood, Cold War, Consumerism, Philip K. Dick, Power, Technology, war
Tagged children, customs, ideology, inflitration, paranoia, philip k dick, toys, war game
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We Can Remember It For You Wholesale
Story Background “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” was originally published in Fantasy and Science Fiction in April 1966. It can now be found in The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick. Volume 2. We Can Remember It For … Continue reading
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Tagged memory, philip k dick, total recall, we can remember it for you wholesale, work
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Fair Game
Story Background “Fair Game” was originally published in If in September 1959. It can now be found in Second Variety and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick on pp. 1–12. While published quite late in his short story career, … Continue reading
Posted in Alien Invasion, Alien Life, Cold War, Philip K. Dick, Power, Religion, Technology
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Crawlers
Story Background “Crawlers” was published in Imagination in July 1954. It can be found in Second Variety and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick in pp. 167–173. Plot Summary A crawler is enjoying a construction project. It is underground, … Continue reading
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