Philip K Dick The Last Interview

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Melville House
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781612195278

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Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview by Philip K. Dick Pdf

An electric collection of interviews--including the first and the last—with one of the 20th century's most prolific, influential, and dazzlingly original writers of science fiction Long before Ridley Scott transformed Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? into Blade Runner, Philip K. Dick was banging away at his typewriter in relative obscurity, ostracized by the literary establishment. Today he is widely considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. These interviews reveal a man plagued by bouts of manic paranoia and failed suicide attempts; a career fuelled by alcohol, amphetamines, and mystical inspiration; and, above all, a magnificent and generous imagination at work.

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 1003 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780547549255

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The Exegesis of Philip K Dick by Philip K. Dick Pdf

"A great and calamitous sequence of arguments with the universe: poignant, terrifying, ludicrous, and brilliant. The Exegesis is the sort of book associated with legends and madmen, but Dick wasn't a legend and he wasn't mad. He lived among us, and was a genius."-Jonathan Lethem Based on thousands of pages of typed and handwritten notes, journal entries, letters, and story sketches, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick is the magnificent and imaginative final work of an author who dedicated his life to questioning the nature of reality and perception, the malleability of space and time, and the relationship between the human and the divine. Edited and introduced by Pamela Jackson and Jonathan Lethem, this will be the definitive presentation of Dick's brilliant, and epic, final work. In The Exegesis, Dick documents his eight-year attempt to fathom what he called "2-3-74," a postmodern visionary experience of the entire universe "transformed into information." In entries that sometimes ran to hundreds of pages, Dick tried to write his way into the heart of a cosmic mystery that tested his powers of imagination and invention to the limit, adding to, revising, and discarding theory after theory, mixing in dreams and visionary experiences as they occurred, and pulling it all together in three late novels known as the VALIS trilogy. In this abridgment, Jackson and Lethem serve as guides, taking the reader through the Exegesis and establishing connections with moments in Dick's life and work.

Author : Philip K. Dick,Gregg Rickman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040296845

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Philip K. Dick, the Last Testament by Philip K. Dick,Gregg Rickman Pdf

An electric collection of interviews--including the first and the last--with one of the 20th century's most prolific, influential, and dazzlingly original writers of science fiction Long before Ridley Scott transformed Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? into Blade Runner, Philip K. Dick was banging away at his typewriter in relative obscurity, ostracized by the literary establishment. Today he is widely considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. These interviews reveal a man plagued by bouts of manic paranoia and failed suicide attempts; a career fuelled by alcohol, amphetamines, and mystical inspiration; and, above all, a magnificent and generous imagination at work.

Author : Gwen Lee,Doris Elaine Sauter
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002-12-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781468302288

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What If Our World Is Their Heaven? by Gwen Lee,Doris Elaine Sauter Pdf

Interviews with the genius behind The Man in the High Castle and countless other science fiction classics. In the field of science fiction, Philip K. Dick is unparalleled. His novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? became the classic film Blade Runner. His short story “The Minority Report” was adapted for the screen by Steven Spielberg. The Man in the High Castle has become a hit series on Amazon, and those titles represent only a small fraction of his work. In November 1982, six months before the author’s untimely death, journalist Gwen Lee recorded the first of several in-depth discussions with Philip K. Dick that continued over the course of the next three months. This transcription is a fascinating read for anyone interested in the field of science fiction. “These transcripts bring fresh insights—notably, into the imaginative biotech plot line of the unwritten The Owl in Daylight . . . Dick also discusses music, writing, philosophers and his 1974–1975 mystical visions, when the revelation of his son’s undiagnosed birth defect—‘down to anatomical details’—saved the child’s life . . . Fans will rejoice.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780806537948

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The Philip K. Dick Reader by Philip K. Dick Pdf

Includes the stories that inspired the movies Total Recall, Screamers, Minority Report, Paycheck, and Next “More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really puts you inside people’s minds.” —The Wall Street Journal The Philip K. Dick Reader Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick’s works has continued to mount, and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Dick Society is devoted to the study and promulgation of his works. Dick won the prestigious Hugo Award for the best novel of 1963 for The Man in the High Castle. In the last year of his life, the film Blade Runner was made from his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? This collection includes some of Dick’s earliest short and medium-length fiction, including We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (the story that inspired the motion picture Total Recall), Second Variety (which inspired the motion picture Screamers), Paycheck, The Minority Report, and twenty more.

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Namaskar Books
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick Pdf

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547572543

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Eye in the Sky by Philip K. Dick Pdf

A wry look at how different people see the world, told in the caustically fun style of award-winning science fiction novelist Philip K. Dick.

Author : Ernest Hemingway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0878052720

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Conversations with Ernest Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway Pdf

These firsthand interviews and newspaper accounts constitute a valuable edition to the sizable and ever-growing Hemingway shelf. They let Papa speak his mind, and the inimitable Hemingway voice comes through clearly: the boastfulness, the fierce ambition, the love of prizefighting and the bullring, the snappish impatience with questions (and questioners) he didn't like, and the high seriousness and dedication to his craft. The pieces from the early days are largely short snippets from newspapers; it is only later - from the 1940s on - that Hemingway begins to get the star treatment from publications such as the New Yorker or George Plimpton's Paris Review. Consequently the best comes last. A splendid, delicious book - for Hemingway fans, one well worth savoring.

Author : MELVILLE HOUSE
Publisher : Melville House
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781612198248

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Anthony Bourdain: The Last Interview by MELVILLE HOUSE Pdf

The New York Times Bestseller The brilliant intellect and candor of Anthony Bourdain is on full display in this collection of interviews from throughout his remarkable career, with an introduction from The New Yorker's Helen Rosner. Anthony Bourdain always downplayed his skills as a chef (many disagreed). But despite his modesty, one thing even he agreed with was that he was a born raconteur—as he makes clear in this collection of sparkling conversations. His wit, passion, and deep intelligence shine through all manner of discussion here, from heart-to-hearts with bloggers, to on-stage talks before massive crowds, to intense interviews with major television programs. Without fail, Bourdain is always blisteringly honest—such as when he talks about his battles with addiction, or when detailing his thoughts on restaurant critics. He regularly dispenses arresting insight about how what’s on your plate reveals much of history and politics. And perhaps best of all, the heartfelt empathy he developed travelling the world for his TV shows is always in the fore, as these talks make the “Hemingway of gastronomy,” as chef Marco Pierre White called him, live again.

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547572291

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Ubik by Philip K. Dick Pdf

A mind-bending, classic Philip K. Dick novel about the perception of reality. Named as one of Time's 100 best books.

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547572482

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The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick Pdf

Slavery is back. America, 1962. Having lost a war, America finds itself under Nazi Germany and Japan occupation. A few Jews still live under assumed names. The 'I Ching' is prevalent in San Francisco. Science fiction meets serious ideas in this take on a possible alternate history.

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547572253

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Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick Pdf

Altered reality, genetic enhancement and drugs combine to create one of the most popular and enduring science fiction novels from award-winning novelist Philip K. Dick.

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547572383

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The Cosmic Puppets by Philip K. Dick Pdf

A fantastical, fast-paced science fiction novel of mystery and action from award-winning novelist Philip K. Dick.

Author : David Cronenberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416596134

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Consumed by David Cronenberg Pdf

While freelance journalist Naomi places her safety in the hands of a suspicious grad student to investigate a sexual philosopher's murder, her rival and lover, Nathan, contracts a rare STD while documenting a surgeon's controversial work in organ trafficking. A first novel. 75,000 first printing.

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Impostors and imposture
ISBN : 0345260643

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A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick Pdf

Bob Arctor is a dealer of the lethally addictive drug Substance D. Fred is the police agent assigned to tail and eventually bust him. To do so, Fred takes on the identity of a drug dealer named Bob Arctor. And since Substance D--which Arctor takes in massive doses--gradually splits the user's brain into two distinct, combative entities, Fred doesn't realize he is narcing on himself. Caustically funny, eerily accurate in its depiction of junkies, scam artists, and the walking brain-dead, Philip K. Dick's industrial-grade stress test of identity is as unnerving as it is enthralling.