Philip K. Dick in general

Philip K. Dick "A Poem" (118 words)
by pkd222 - written on 18/07/02, updated on 18/07/02 (Somewhat useful, 20 readings)
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no reflection. "Tears in the Rain" Philip K. Dick is dead but he'll live for many years to come for he's correct in his vision and we are warned. ...

Philip K. Dick in general

just cos you're paranoid.......... (734 words)
by spoonfacer - written on 05/10/01, updated on 16/11/01 (Very useful, 46 readings)
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recurring themes and ongoing paranoia. Elements from the short stories crop up time and time again in the longer novels, but always with a new twist. In Philip K Dick's work, the unusual is the norm, and great gifts and opportunities (artificial intelligence, telepathy, psychedelic experiences) are cursed complications played out on a background of everyday ordinariness and derangement. Even the robots are unhappy, unsure, unwilling. His fictional world is clearly rooted in his own version of reality, with a fascination with alternate realities and drug-induced states of consciousness recurring ovr and over until the dark small-scale crumbling psychosis of ...

The Game-players of Titan - Philip K. Dick

Potential cleverness (159 words)
by mcader - written on 26/02/09 (Very useful, 6 readings)
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Potentially excellent in effect - but only relatively engaging. Characterisation too based on dialogue perhaps. It's quite confusing to follow, although this is the great Dickian style and intelligence. The scenarios unfold and possibilities multiply; reality and belief becomes blurred until a crucial point is reached. Themes are conveyed in the ...