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Radio Free Albemuth

Author	: Philip K. Dick
Publisher	: Arbor House Publishing Company
Release Date	: 1985
ISBN	:
Pages	: 230 pages
Rating	: 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radio Free Albemuth written by Philip K. Dick and published by Arbor House Publishing Company. This book was released on 1985 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his last published novel, Philip K. Dick produced a wild, impassioned work that reads like a visionary alternate history of the United States. Agonizingly suspenseful, darkly hilarious, and filled with enough conspiracy theories to thrill the most hardened paranoid, RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH is proof of Dick's stature as our century's greatest prankster-prophet. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Radio Free Albemuth

Author	: Philip K. Dick
Publisher	: Mariner Books
Release Date	: 2020
ISBN	: 0358449030
Pages	: 289 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (584 download)

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Download or read book Radio Free Albemuth written by Philip K. Dick and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visionary alternate history of the United States filled with enough conspiracy theories to thrill the most hardened paranoid, Radio Free Albemuth is proof of Dick's stature as our century's greatest science fiction writer.

Pink Beam

Author	: Lord Rc
Publisher	: Lulu.com
Release Date	: 2007-07-01
ISBN	: 1430324376
Pages	: 324 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Pink Beam written by Lord Rc and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the novels and short stories of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)with presentation of a literary chronology of his career.

A Life of Philip K. Dick

Author	: Anthony Peake
Publisher	: Arcturus Publishing
Release Date	: 2013-10-09
ISBN	: 1782129146
Pages	: 454 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book A Life of Philip K. Dick written by Anthony Peake and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-09 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip K. Dick was a writer who drew upon his own life to address the nature of drug abuse, paranoia, schizophrenia and transcendental experiences of all kinds. More than 10 major Hollywood movies are based on his work including Blade Runner, A Scanner Darkly, Total Recall, Minority Report and The Adjustment Bureau. Born in 1929 just before the Great Crash, Dick's twin sister died when she was a month old and his parents were divorced by the time he was three. In his teens, he began to show the first signs of mental instability, but by then he was already producing fiction writing of a visionary nature.

High Weirdness

Author	: Erik Davis
Publisher	: MIT Press
Release Date	: 2019-11-05
ISBN	: 1907222901
Pages	: 550 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book High Weirdness written by Erik Davis and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson. A study of the spiritual provocations to be found in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson, High Weirdness charts the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality that arose from the American counterculture of the 1970s. These three authors changed the way millions of readers thought, dreamed, and experienced reality—but how did their writings reflect, as well as shape, the seismic cultural shifts taking place in America? In High Weirdness, Erik Davis—America's leading scholar of high strangeness—examines the published and unpublished writings of these vital, iconoclastic thinkers, as well as their own life-changing mystical experiences. Davis explores the complex lattice of the strange that flowed through America's West Coast at a time of radical technological, political, and social upheaval to present a new theory of the weird as a viable mode for a renewed engagement with reality.

The Phenomenology of Religious Belief

Author	: Michael J. Shapiro
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date	: 2021-05-06
ISBN	: 1350164321
Pages	: 224 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Phenomenology of Religious Belief written by Michael J. Shapiro and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Phenomenology of Religious Belief, the renowned philosopher Michael J. Shapiro investigates how art – and in particular literature and film – can impact upon both traditional interpretations and critical studies of religious beliefs and experiences. In doing so, he examines the work of prolific and award-winning writers such as Toni Morrison, Philip K. Dick and Robert Coover. By placing their work in conjunction with critical analyses of media by the likes of Ingmar Bergman and Pier Paolo Pasolini and combining it with the work of groundbreaking thinkers such as George Canguilhem, Giorgio Agamben and Slavoj Žižek, Shapiro takes a truly interdisciplinary approach to the question of how life should be lived. His assessment of phenomenological subjectivity also leads him to question the nature of political theology and extend the criticism of Pauline theology.

The Occult Connection

Author	: Ken Hudnall
Publisher	: SterlingHouse Publisher
Release Date	: 2009
ISBN	: 1563154617
Pages	: 226 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (631 download)

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Download or read book The Occult Connection written by Ken Hudnall and published by SterlingHouse Publisher. This book was released on 2009 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We think that humans are in control of the world, right? Wrong! The way of the world is very different than we imagine. According to Hudnall, there have been aliens-Sky Lords-among us since the dawn of time. They manipulate events and direct us humans. The truth of alien existence is staring us right in the face. The question is: Do we want to know the truth? Ken Hudnall is the author of the Occult Connection Series. Unidentified Flying Objects is the first book in the series. Hudnall is the host of the popular Internet radio show The Ken Hudnall Show. Book jacket.

How Much Does Chaos Scare You?: Politics, Religion, and Philosophy in the Fiction of Philip K. Dick

Author	: Aaron Barlow
Publisher	: Lulu.com
Release Date	: 2005
ISBN	: 1411633490
Pages	: 248 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book How Much Does Chaos Scare You?: Politics, Religion, and Philosophy in the Fiction of Philip K. Dick written by Aaron Barlow and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of essays on the writing and ideas of Philip K. Dick presented in eight chapters. This in-depth look at the philosophies behind Dick's SF and mainstream novels is based on Barlow's 1988 doctoral dissertation at the University of Iowa.

Science Fiction and the Two Cultures

Author	: Gary Westfahl
Publisher	: McFarland
Release Date	: 2009-05-18
ISBN	: 0786442972
Pages	: 291 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Science Fiction and the Two Cultures written by Gary Westfahl and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-05-18 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays in this volume demonstrate how science fiction can serve as a bridge between the sciences and the humanities. The essays show how early writers like Dante and Mary Shelley revealed a gradual shift toward a genuine understanding of science; how H.G. Wells first showed the possibilities of combining scientific and humanistic perspectives; how writers influenced by Gernsback's ideas, like Isaac Asimov, illustrated the ways that literature could interact with science and assist in its progress; and how more recent writers offer critiques of science and its practitioners.

Philip K. Dick

Author	: David Sandner
Publisher	: McFarland
Release Date	: 2020-03-11
ISBN	: 1476677891
Pages	: 227 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Philip K. Dick written by David Sandner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-03-11 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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.

The Divine Madness of Philip K. Dick

Author	: Kyle Arnold
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Release Date	: 2016-05-02
ISBN	: 0190498315
Pages	: 208 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Divine Madness of Philip K. Dick written by Kyle Arnold and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely recognized as one of the most imaginative writers of the 20th century, Philip K. Dick helped to shape science fiction into the popular genre it is today. His stories, renowned for their sophisticated philosophical themes and startling portrayals of simulated realities, inspired numerous television and film adaptations, including the 1982 cult classic Blade Runner. Dick's personal life took on an otherwordly quality when, in 1974, he famously had a series of bizarre visions. According to Dick, a pink light beamed psychic information into his brain, awakening memories of a past life as an ancient Christian revolutionary and granting him contact with time-traveling extraterrestrials. He witnessed scenes from ancient Rome superimposed over his California neighborhood, and warned local police he was a dangerous machine programmed to self-destruct. After the visions faded, Philip K. Dick spent the rest of his life trying to fathom the meaning of what he called his "divine madness." Was it schizophrenia? Or a genuine religious experience? In The Divine Madness of Philip K. Dick, clinical psychologist Kyle Arnold probes the fascinating mystery of Dick's heart and mind, and shows readers how early traumas opened Dick to profound spiritual experiences while also predisposing him toward drug dependency and violence. Disputing the myth that Dick had schizophrenia, Arnold contends that Dick's well-known paranoia was caused by his addiction to speed. Despite Dick's paranoia, his divine madness was not a sign of mental illness, but a powerful spiritual experience conveyed in the images of science fiction.

I Think I Am

Author	: Laurence A. Rickels
Publisher	: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date	: 2010
ISBN	: 0816666652
Pages	: 451 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book I Think I Am written by Laurence A. Rickels and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Aside from its perfect fit of critic and subject, Laurence A. Rickels's book provides the most thorough and exhaustive reading of Philip K. Dick's literary work that exists. He goes through all the novels literally, both the science fiction works and the so-called mainstream novels Dick did not publish in his lifetime. The reader of science fiction should welcome a book like this, which is both knowledgeable of the SF tradition tradition and creatively analytical. I could not put this book down once I began to read it".---George Slusser, University of California, Riverside --

Smoke on the Water

Author	: Dave Thompson
Publisher	: ECW Press
Release Date	: 2004
ISBN	: 1550226185
Pages	: 431 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Smoke on the Water written by Dave Thompson and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is now 35 years since Deep Purple first came together and today -- 14 musicians, 17 albums, and millions of record sales later -- the group remains a monster. Smoke on the Water is the first book in more than 20 years to tell the story of this remarkable band, from their grandiose inception in 1968 to the release of their latest album in 2003. Drawing from candid interviews with band members, associates, and fans alike, it traces the group through some of the most turbulent times that any band has survived, placing the band's own music in vivid context and illustrating just how profoundly this one group helped change the world.

Keanu Reeves: Most Triumphant

Author	: Alex Pappademas
Publisher	: Abrams
Release Date	: 2022-05-03
ISBN	: 1647001994
Pages	: 336 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Keanu Reeves: Most Triumphant written by Alex Pappademas and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tribute to and exploration of the magic behind one of Hollywood's most legendary and unknowable stars, Keanu Reeves, and the profound lessons we can learn from his success There can be no doubt: Keanu Reeves is a phenomenon. He’s at once a badass action star, a hunky dreamboat who People magazine has called “the Internet’s boyfriend,” a vintage motorcycle enthusiast, a niche art book publisher, a living meme, and a legend. He seems to upend every rule governing celebrity in the 21st century. But how? In Keanu Reeves: Most Triumphant, cultural critic Alex Pappademas attempts to address Keanu’s unmatched eternality and the other big questions raised by his career arc. Sharp, funny, deeply researched, and fully celebratory of the enigmatic actor, this is the first book to take Keanu’s whole deal as seriously as it deserves. Yes, even Johnny Mnemonic, where Keanu mind melds with a dolphin. Along the way, Pappademas reveals the lessons we can learn from Keanu about Hollywood, our broader culture, and even life itself.

Dangerous Visions and New Worlds

Author	: Andrew Nette
Publisher	: PM Press
Release Date	: 2021-10-26
ISBN	: 1629639028
Pages	: 866 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Visions and New Worlds written by Andrew Nette and published by PM Press. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about the “long Sixties,” the era of the late 1950s through the early 1970s. It was a period of major social change, most graphically illustrated by the emergence of liberatory and resistance movements focused on inequalities of class, race, gender, sexuality, and beyond, whose challenge represented a major shock to the political and social status quo. With its focus on speculation, alternate worlds and the future, science fiction became an ideal vessel for this upsurge of radical protest. Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985 details, celebrates, and evaluates how science fiction novels and authors depicted, interacted with, and were inspired by these cultural and political movements in America and Great Britain. It starts with progressive authors who rose to prominence in the conservative 1950s, challenging the so-called Golden Age of science fiction and its linear narratives of technological breakthroughs and space-conquering male heroes. The book then moves through the 1960s, when writers, including those in what has been termed the New Wave, shattered existing writing conventions and incorporated contemporary themes such as modern mass media culture, corporate control, growing state surveillance, the Vietnam War, and rising currents of counterculture, ecological awareness, feminism, sexual liberation, and Black Power. The 1970s, when the genre reflected the end of various dreams of the long Sixties and the faltering of the postwar boom, is also explored along with the first half of the 1980s, which gave rise to new subgenres, such as cyberpunk. Dangerous Visions and New Worlds contains over twenty chapters written by contemporary authors and critics, and hundreds of full-color cover images, including thirteen thematically organised cover selections. New perspectives on key novels and authors, such as Octavia Butler, Ursula K. Le Guin, Philip K. Dick, John Wyndham, Samuel Delany, J.G. Ballard, John Brunner, Judith Merril, Barry Malzberg, Joanna Russ, and many others are presented alongside excavations of topics, works, and writers who have been largely forgotten or undeservedly ignored.

The Sci-Fi Movie Guide

Author	: Chris Barsanti
Publisher	: Visible Ink Press
Release Date	: 2014-09-22
ISBN	: 1578595339
Pages	: 528 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (785 download)

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Download or read book The Sci-Fi Movie Guide written by Chris Barsanti and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time, science fiction was only in the future. It was the stuff of drive-ins and cheap double-bills. Then, with the ever-increasing rush of new, society-altering technologies, science fiction pushed its way to the present, and it busted out of the genre ghetto of science fiction and barged its way into the mainstream. What used to be mere fantasy (trips to the moon? Wristwatch radios? Supercomputers capable of learning?) are now everyday reality. Whether nostalgic for the future or fast-forwarding to the present, The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz covers the broad and widening range of science-fiction movies. From the trashy to the epic, from the classics to today's blockbusters, this cinefile’s guidebook reviews nearly 1,000 of the biggest, baddest, and brightest from every age and genre of cinematic and TV science fiction. You’ll find more than just Star Wars, Star Trek, and Transformers, with reviews on many overlooked and under-appreciated gems and genres, such as ... • Monsters! Pacific Rim, Godzilla, The Thing, Creature from the Black Lagoon • Superheroes: Thor, Iron Man, X-Men, The Amazing Spider-man, Superman • Avant-garde masterpieces: Solaris, 2001, Brazil • and many, many more categories and movies!!

The Gospel According to Science Fiction

Author	: Gabriel Mckee
Publisher	: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date	: 2007-01-01
ISBN	: 0664229018
Pages	: 314 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book The Gospel According to Science Fiction written by Gabriel Mckee and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the theological nature of science fiction, drawing on examples from television, literature, and films to explain how science fiction can help people understand not only who they are but who they will become.